2025 Priority Bills
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Cat | Number | Title | Patron | House | Senate | updated |
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climate | HB 1791 Support | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created.
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Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities,...
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Sullivan (D) |
Passed
56-Y 41-N
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Reported
9-Y 5-N 1-A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
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2/13/25 |
climate | HB 1883 Support | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements.
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Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...
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Callsen(D) |
Passed
96-Y 0-N
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Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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2/4/25 |
climate | HB 2101 Support | Electric utilities; data center cost allocation.
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Directs the State Corporation Commission to initiate proceedings to determine if the current allocation of costs among different customer classifications of electric utilities requires customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the costs of customers that are data centers. ...
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Maldonado(D) |
Tabled
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N)
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1/30/25 |
climate | HB 2126 Support | Virginia Energy Facility Review Board established ... l
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Establishes the Virginia Energy Facility Review Board as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of conducting critical interconnection reviews, conduct analysis and study policy options, review regional energy plans, local comprehensive plans, and local solar and storage ordinances and to facilitate the responsible siting of critical interconnection projects in the Commonwealth....
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Sullivan (D) |
Tabled
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 1-N)
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1/30/25 |
climate | HB 2346 Support | Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program.
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Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...
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Hernandez(D) |
Passed
71-Y 27-N
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Reported
with substitute (9-Y 6-N) Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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2/13/25 |
climate | HB 2356 Support | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible source work; penalties.
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Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...
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King(D) |
Passed
51-Y 48-N
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Reported
Referred to Finance & Approp
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2/11/25 |
climate | HB 2578 Support | Retail sales and use tax; exemption for data centers; reports.
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Requires a data center operator, in order to be eligible for the existing data center sales and use tax exemption to (i) beginning July 1, 2030, purchase a certain percentage of the data center's annual electric load from clean energy resources, (ii) beginning July 1, 2030, ...
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Sullivan (D) |
Tabled
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 1-N)
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1/30/25 |
climate | HB 2604 Support | Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities.
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Requires an electric utility seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide to demonstrate that it has conducted a request for proposals...
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Tran(D) |
Stricken
L&CSub3 recommends striking (10-Y 0-N)
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1/29/25 |
climate | SB 853 Support | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties.
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Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...
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Rouse(D) |
Passed
Passed House (50-Y 47-N)
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Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
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2/13/25 |
climate | SB 960 Support | Electric utilities; data center cost allocation.
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Directs the State Corporation Commission to initiate proceedings to determine if the current allocation of costs among different customer classifications of electric utilities requires customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the costs of customers that are data centers....
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Perry(D) |
Reported
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
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Passed
26-Y 13-N 1-A
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2/13/25 |
climate | SB 1021 Support | Electric utilities; integrated resource plans.
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Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. ...
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Surovell(D) |
Committee
Labor & Commerce
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Passed
21-Y 19-N
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2/11/25 |
climate | SB 1040 Support | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements.
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Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...
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VanValkenburg(D) |
Committee
Labor & Commerce
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Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
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2/5/25 |
climate | SB 1100 Support | Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program
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Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...
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Hashmi(D) |
Committee
Labor & Commerce
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Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
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2/5/25 |
climate | SB 1114 Support | Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions.
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Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria...
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VanValkenburg(D) |
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Incorporated
Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB1190-Deeds) (15-Y 0-N)
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1/27/25 |
climate | SB 1196 Support | Sales and use tax exemption; data centers.
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Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases....
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Deeds(D) |
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Left
Finance & Appropriations
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2/4/25 |
climate | SB 1225 Support | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created.
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Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities,...
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Aird(D) |
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PBI
14-0 vote
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1/21/25 |
climate | SB 1403 Support | Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities.
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Requires an electric utility seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide to demonstrate that it has conducted a request for proposals designed to fairly evaluate all available supply-side and demand-side options prior to seeking approval for such generating facility....
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Surovell(D) |
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Stricken
Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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1/27/25 |
climate | SB 1434 Support | Solar photovoltaic project; siting.
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Requires the Department of Energy's Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to establish regional planning targets for each planning district for energy production and energy efficiency. ...
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McPike(D) |
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Incorporated
Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB1190-Deeds) (15-Y 0-N)
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1/27/25 |