Virginia HB 1183: Bulk energy storage resources; State Corporation Commission.

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CHAPTER 863 

An Act to direct the State Corporation Commission to create a 
task force to evaluate and analyze the potential for bulk energy storage resources 
to help integrate renewable energy into the electrical grid. 

[H 1183] 

Approved April 8, 2020 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. � 1. The State Corporation Commission shall create 
a task force to evaluate and analyze the regulatory, market, and local barriers 
to the deployment of distribution and transmission-connected bulk energy 
storage resources to help integrate renewable energy into the electrical grid, 
reduce costs for the electricity system, allow customers to deploy storage 
technologies to reduce their energy costs, and allow customers to participate 
in electricity markets for energy, capacity, and ancillary services. The task 
force shall include representatives of municipalities, the Virginia Solar 
Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority, the Department of Mines, 
Minerals and Energy, the Office of the Attorney General, and at least one 
representative each from the following sectors: regulated electric service 
providers, competitive electric service providers, rural utility consumer 
services cooperatives, commercial or industrial energy customers or an 
association representing such customers, and energy storage companies or an 
association representing such companies. The task force may consult with the 
regional transmission organization. In its evaluation, the task force shall (i) 
assess the potential costs and benefits, including impacts to the transmission 
and distribution systems, of such energy storage resources and (ii) assess how 
electric utilities, competitive service providers, customers, and other third 
parties are able to deploy energy storage resources in the bulk market, in the 
utility system, and in behind-the-meter applications. The State Corporation 
Commission shall submit a copy of the task force's evaluation and analysis to 
the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2021.