• SB1

• 01-20-2015 - Do pass
• 01-20-2015 - Originating in House Judiciary
• 01-21-2015 - Read 1st time
• 01-21-2015 - On 1st reading, Daily Calendar
• 01-22-2015 - Amendments pending
• 01-22-2015 - Read 2nd time
• 01-22-2015 - On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar
• 01-23-2015 - Communicated to Senate
• 01-23-2015 - Passed House (Roll No. 8)
• 01-23-2015 - Read 3rd time
• 01-23-2015 - Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 01-23-2015 - Amendment adopted (Roll No 7)
• 01-23-2015 - Reformed Amendment reported
• 01-23-2015 - Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 01-23-2015 - Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
• 01-23-2015 - On 3rd reading, Daily Calendar
• 01-26-2015 - To Energy, Industry and Mining
• 01-26-2015 - To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
• 01-26-2015 - Introduced in Senate
• 01-26-2015 - House Message received
• 01-28-2015 - To Judiciary
• 01-28-2015 - Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 02-10-2015 - Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
• 02-11-2015 - On 1st reading
• 02-11-2015 - Read 1st time
• 02-12-2015 - Read 2nd time
• 02-12-2015 - Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 02-12-2015 - On 2nd reading
• 02-13-2015 - Senate requests House to concur
• 02-13-2015 - Effective from passage (Roll No. 7)
• 02-13-2015 - Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 7)
• 02-13-2015 - On 3rd reading
• 02-13-2015 - Read 3rd time
• 02-16-2015 - Communicated to Senate
• 02-16-2015 - Completed legislative action
• 02-16-2015 - House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 76)
• 02-16-2015 - Effective from passage (Roll No. 77)
• 02-16-2015 - House received Senate message
• 02-17-2015 - House Message received
• 02-18-2015 - To Governor 2/18/15
• 02-18-2015 - To Governor 2/18/15 - House Journal
• 02-19-2015 - To Governor 2/18/15 - Senate Journal
• 02-24-2015 - Vetoed by Governor 2/24/15 - House Journal
• 02-24-2015 - Vetoed by Governor 2/24/15
• 02-26-2015 - Effective from passage (Roll No. 220)
• 02-26-2015 - Communicated to Senate
• 02-26-2015 - House amd. & repassed to meet the obj. of the Governor (Roll No. 219)
• 02-26-2015 - Motion to recommitt bill to the committee on the Judiciary rejected
• 02-26-2015 - Reported by the Clerk
• 02-26-2015 - House reconsidered its action
• 02-28-2015 - Completed legislative action
• 02-28-2015 - Communicated to House
• 02-28-2015 - Effective from passage (Roll No. 2)
• 02-28-2015 - Senate concurred in House amendment, repassed bill (Roll No. 2)
• 02-28-2015 - House Message received
• 02-28-2015 - Vetoed by Governor 2/24/15 - Senate Journal
• 03-02-2015 - House received Senate message
• 03-09-2015 - To Governor 3/9/15
• 03-09-2015 - To Governor 3/9/15 - House Journal
• 03-09-2015 - To Governor 3/9/15 - Senate Journal
• 03-12-2015 - Approved by Governor 3/12/15
• 03-12-2015 - Approved by Governor 3/12/15 - Senate Journal
• 03-18-2015 - Approved by Governor 3/12/15 - House Journal
• 04-15-2015 - Chapter 180, Acts, Regular Session, 2015

The 2 industries fighting over your electric bill - CNBC
Published by cnbc.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:34:00 GMT

That in turn has prompted utilities to push back against solar's rapid encroachment on the retail market—and they're doing so in Washington and in state legislatures. At issue is something called "net metering." It's the process by which solar owners ...

Bills to end retail rate net metering fail in West Virginia, Indiana - Utility Dive
Published by utilitydive.com
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:30:06 GMT

Earl Ray Tomblin (R) vetoed HB 2201, which would have eliminated net energy metering. In issuing ... In Indiana, the General Assembly lower house failed to advance HB 1320, the utility-backed “pro-solar” bill that would have legalized solar leasing but ...

Solar Advocates Call for West Virginia Governor to Veto Net Metering Bill - Greentech Media
Published by greentechmedia.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:00:40 GMT

The bill (HB 2201) requires the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to set new rules for net energy metering that prohibit cross-subsidization, defined as “the practice of charging costs directly incurred by the electric utility in accommodating a net metering ... Utility representatives testified before the state legislature that the changes were not intended to impose fees on residential customers, but rather to help cover the costs of connecting solar customers to the grid. .... NRG Home Solar and Sungevity Both.

West Virginia Legislation Poses Serious Threat to Rooftop Solar - EcoWatch
Published by ecowatch.com
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:43:52 GMT

Legislation now on his desk, HB 2201, could jeopardize the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting West Virginia's net-metering policies. Regardless of the motives of the bill's authors, pure or clandestine, we strongly urge Gov. Tomblin to do the right ...

West Virgina Governor Signs Restrictive Net Metering Bill - CleanTechnica
Published by cleantechnica.com
Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:44:42 GMT

Governor's Tomblin approval of the bill is a huge setback for the state's nascent solar industry, which was already on the ropes after the legislature and governor repealed West Virginia's Alternative Renewable Energy Portfolio Act. The state capital, Charleston, had been the focus of aggressive lobbying by anti-clean energy companies including American Electric Power, which even lied about H.B. 2201's financial impacts to a state senate committee. The passage of the bill is a setback for the solar industry, but as ...

West Virginia bill to study, cap net metering signed into law - Utility Dive
Published by utilitydive.com
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:20:13 GMT

“Today I signed House Bill 2201, which regulates net metering as part of West Virginia's power generation,” Governor Tomblin said. “I appreciate the increasing role solar and wind power will play in our state, and I encourage the Public Service Commission to ...

W.Va governor signs controversial net metering bill - Fierce Energy
Published by fierceenergy.com
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:02:55 GMT

House Bill (HB) 2201 requires the Public Service Commission to adopt certain net metering and interconnection rules and standards. ... "Today I signed House Bill 2201, which regulates net metering as part of West Virginia's power generation," Gov. Tomblin said. "I appreciate the increasing role solar and wind power will play in our state, and I encourage the Public Service Commission to continue to evaluate the costs and benefits of West Virginia's net metering policy to balance the potential for new jobs and ...

W.Va governor vetoes net metering bill - Fierce Energy
Published by fierceenergy.com
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:53:24 GMT

House Bill (HB) 2201 provided a definition for net metering, but advocates said the real reason for it was to eliminate solar leasing in the state -- making solar more difficult for those with lower incomes to obtain. "Due to a number of technical issues in the bill, ...

Update: West Virginia Governor Vetoes Net Metering Bill - Greentech Media
Published by greentechmedia.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:00:40 GMT

NRG Home Solar and Sungevity Both. ... The bill (HB 2201) requires the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to set new rules for net energy metering that prohibit cross-subsidization, defined as “the practice of charging costs directly incurred by the electric utility in accommodating a net metering ... Utility representatives testified before the state legislature that the changes were not intended to impose fees on residential customers, but rather to help cover the costs of connecting solar customers to the grid.

SEIA Urges West Virginia Governor to Veto Legislation - AltEnergyMag (press release)
Published by altenergymag.com
Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:22:30 GMT

Earl Ray Tomblin to veto HB 2201, which could jeopardize the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting West Virginia's net-metering policies. Rhone ... Tomblin to veto this bill and send it back to the drawing board." Today ... What's more, the U.S. now has an estimated 20 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar energy capacity nationwide, which is enough to power more than 4 million homes – or every single home in a state the size of Massachusetts or New Jersey – with another 20 GW in the pipeline for 2015-16.

SEIA Applauds Decision to Veto Anti-Solar Bill in West Virginia - AltEnergyMag (press release)
Published by altenergymag.com
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:14:12 GMT

Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed legislation, HB 2201, which could have jeopardized the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting West Virginia's net-metering policies. In announcing his decision, the Governor said the bill contained technical errors.

W. Virginia Gov – Don't Put Solar in the Dark - Domestic Fuel
Published by domesticfuel.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:41:25 GMT

Solar supporters from across the country are calling on West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to veto House Bill 2201 – a bill that could jeopardize the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting net metering policies. Solar advocates from Tell Utilities Solar Won't Be Killed (TUSK) claim that ... TUSK said this particular “attack” uses deceptive language in HB 2201 to impose punitive fees – retroactively and going forward – on West Virginians. The organizations said thousands of West Virginia voters continue to ...

Advocates for solar energy urge Gov. to veto HB 2201 - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Published by bdtonline.com
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:02:08 GMT

CHARLESTON — Although most folks who call the Mountain State home haven't seen too much of the sun in recent days what with a series of winter storms dumping layer after layer of snow on the state, promoters of the state's solar industries is trying to shed some light ... A bill introduced this session —HB 2201 — with Delegate Lynwood Ireland, R-Clarksburg, a retired farmer/auctioneer as the chief sponsor and bipartisan support was designed to require the state Public Service Commission to adopt certain rules ...

Solar advocates ask W. Va governor to veto net metering bill - Fierce Energy
Published by fierceenergy.com
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:45:57 GMT

Although coal is still the predominant energy source in West Virginia, solar has been growing in the state in recent years. Advocates for solar energy are urging Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to veto House Bill (HB) 2201. The bill is meant to amend and reenact ...

Solar energy proponents concerned about bill up for third reading in Senate - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Published by bdtonline.com
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:07:09 GMT

CHARLESTON — A bill that's headed to the West Virginia state senate floor for third reading today continues to draw concern from supporters of an effort to promote the development of a solar energy component to the Mountain State's rich energy resources.