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Virginia Community College System; Solar Workforce Development Incentive Grant Program; established. Requires the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System to establish and implement the Solar Workforce Development Incentive Grant Program. Under the program, any comprehensive community college that enters into a power purchase agreement, either alone or in partnership with any local school division in the region that it serves, and that provides workforce development opportunities such as internships, apprenticeships, or project-based learning tied to such renewable energy projects on their campuses are eligible to apply for (i) a grant in an amount of $100,000 per megawatt purchased and (ii) an additional grant in an amount of up to $100,000 for projects that implement solar and battery microgrid systems in furtherance of developing community resiliency hubs in coordination with the Department of Energy's Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) program.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Last Action
Feb 5, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1099)
Reported from Education and Health with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104205D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Left in Finance and Appropriations
Ghazala F. Hashmi