                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS (§ 45.2-1914)

A. The Board shall have a total membership of 17 members that shall consist of
16 nonlegislative citizen members and one ex officio member. Members may reside
within or without the Commonwealth. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be
appointed as follows:

   1. Six nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Speaker of the
   House of Delegates upon consideration of the recommendations of the Board of
   Directors of the Maryland-DC-Delaware-Virginia Solar Energy Industries
   Association (the MDV-SEIA Board) and the Governor&#8217;s Advisory Council on
   Environmental Justice (the Council), one of whom shall be a designee of the
   Virginia Housing Development Authority, created pursuant to the provisions of
   Chapter 1.2 (&#xA7; 36-55.24 et seq.) of Title 36; one of whom shall be a
   rooftop solar energy professional or employer or representative of rooftop
   solar energy professionals; one of whom shall be a current or former member of
   the Council; one of whom shall be a member or representative of the Virginia,
   Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC); one of
   whom shall be an expert with experience developing low-income or
   moderate-income incentive and loan programs for distributed renewable energy
   resources; and one of whom shall be an attorney who is licensed to practice in
   the Commonwealth and maintains a legal practice dedicated to rural
   development, rural electrification, and energy policy;

   2. Three nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Senate
   Committee on Rules upon consideration of the recommendations of the MDV-SEIA
   Board, one of whom shall be a solar energy professional or employer or
   representative of solar energy professionals, one of whom shall work for or
   with an investor-owned electric utility company based in the Commonwealth, and
   one of whom shall be a member or representative of VMDAEC; and

   3. Seven nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor upon
   consideration of the recommendations of the MDV-SEIA Board and the Council and
   subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, one of whom shall be an
   attorney who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth and maintains a legal
   practice in renewable energy law and transactions, one of whom shall be an
   attorney who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth and specializes in
   tax law and energy transactions, one of whom shall be an attorney with the
   Division of Consumer Counsel created pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;
   2.2-517, one of whom shall be an employee of a community development financial
   institution who specializes in impact investing, one of whom shall be a member
   of a Virginia environmental organization, and two of whom shall be designees
   of the Department of Housing and Community Development, created pursuant to
   the provisions of Chapter 8 (&#xA7; 36-131 et seq.) of Title 36.

B. The Director or his designee shall serve ex officio with voting privileges
and shall assist in convening the meetings of the Board.

C. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the
Commonwealth. The ex officio member of the Board shall serve a term coincident
with his term of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a
term of three years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of
a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.

D. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Board
shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the
members so request.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 554, § 45.1-396; 2020, c. 803; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.