HB 1303

This bill directs several state agencies—including the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Secretary of Education—to collaborate with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority and Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to develop a strategic plan for incorporating nuclear energy into Virginia's transition to carbon-free energy. The plan must be completed by October 1, 2020, and updated every four years thereafter. The bill's main purpose is to formally establish nuclear energy as a component of Virginia's renewable and carbon-free energy strategy, ensuring coordinated planning across multiple state agencies for the development and integration of nuclear power in the Commonwealth's energy portfolio.