Vetoed by Governor Glenn Youngkin

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that requires sound profiling and reports regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia.

Highlights:

• Requires sound profiling and information regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that before any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential areas and school within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes localities to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on the following, including (Sec. 1):

• Water;

• Agricultural resources;

• Parks;

• Registered historic sites; or

• Forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land.

• Specifies that these provisions shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and that such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power (Sec. 1)

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that requires sound profiling and reports regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia.

Highlights:

• Requires sound profiling and information regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that before any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential areas and school within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes localities to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on the following, including (Sec. 1):

• Water;

• Agricultural resources;

• Parks;

• Registered historic sites; or

• Forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land.

• Specifies that these provisions shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and that such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power (Sec. 1)

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires sound profiling and information regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia.

Highlights:

• Requires sound profiling and information regarding electrical information infrastructure from data center applicants and utilities in Virginia (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that before any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential areas and school within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes localities to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on the following, including (Sec. 1):

• Water;

• Agricultural resources;

• Parks;

• Registered historic sites; or

• Forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land.

• Specifies that these provisions shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and that such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power (Sec. 1)

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text