(HB2090)

GOVERNOR'S VETO

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto House Bill 2090. The bill amends the requirements for shared solar facilities for the purposes of the multi-family shared solar program. It would include facilities that are located on a rooftop of a commercial building that shares a common or adjacent substation of the investor-owned utility with the multi-family shared solar subscriber.

Amending the existing code to include projects on adjacent substations undermines the intent of the present program to develop onsite or near onsite projects at multi-family properties and would reduce or eliminate the purported distribution network benefits of the shared-solar program. Furthermore, the inclusion of the low-income exemption from the minimum bill presents a potential cost-shift to non- participants, raising their electricity bills.

Accordingly, I veto this bill.