Legislation - HB0928

Title: Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Transmission Lines - Applicability and Waivers
Sponsored by: Delegates Embry, Allen, Behler, Boyce, Charkoudian, Edelson, Guyton, A. Johnson, Lewis, Miller, Rose, Taveras, and Tomlinson
Status: In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation
Analysis

Synopsis

Expanding the application of certain requirements for the construction of certain overhead transmission lines to include certain other transmission lines; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain effects when determining whether to waive, for good cause, the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity in certain circumstances; and repealing a requirement that the Commission waive the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity under certain circumstances.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/05/2026 Legislative Date 2/05/2026 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Transmission Lines - Applicability and Waivers Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/05/2026	2/05/2026	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Transmission Lines - Applicability and Waivers

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