• Date Due: December 01, 2024
  • Author: Department of Forestry
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 804 Enactment Clause 2. (Regular Session, 2023)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings and recommendations of the advisory panel convened to examine the following factors related to the use of forest-related materials, agricultural-related materials, and solid woody waste materials for biomass-fired electric generating units in the Commonwealth, as those terms are described in § 10.1-1308.1 of the Code of Virginia: i) policies in the southeastern United States and other states participating in the PJM regional transmission organization interchange as they relate to the use of biomass for electricity generation; (ii) potential benefits for the Commonwealth's hardwood forest health as a result of using biomass resources for electricity generation; (iii) the amount of forest-related materials, agricultural-related materials, and solid woody waste materials that can be sustainably consumed annually without disrupting existing markets; (iv) consideration of technological advances in biomass energy generation; and (v) a life-cycle carbon analysis, developed in coordination with the Department of Environmental Quality and relevant stakeholders, that includes all carbon emissions, including supply chain emissions, forgone sequestration, and the emissions from burning biomass resources for electricity generation. [Reporting requirements of Chapter 803, Enactment Clause 2., 2023 Acts of Assembly, are identical.]