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HB434Introduced in the House of Delegates

Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission.

Passed

Introduced by Destiny LeVere Bolling, District 80

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Phase I and Phase II Utilities; electric grid utilization metrics. Requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of grid utilization metrics by October 15, 2026, which petition may be consolidated with the integrated resource plan filing for Dominion Energy in 2026. Under the bill, the petition shall include certain assessments comparing current electric grid system performance with optimal utilization of existing electric grid assets. The bill also requires the Commission to include in an existing annual report its findings on each applicable utility's assessment of relevant grid utilization metrics, which shall include an analysis of the potential for each applicable utility to increase electric grid utilization through the deployment of non-wires alternatives. This bill is identical to SB 621.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A) · March 2, 2026

93

Yes

4

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104943D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)

  6. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  7. Committee substitute printed 26105878D-H1

  8. Read first time

  9. Read second time

  10. committee substitute agreed to

  11. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB434)

  13. Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  16. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)

  17. Committee substitute printed 26108393D-S1

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  21. Read third time

  22. Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to

  23. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  24. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  25. Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)

  26. Enrolled

  27. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB434ER)

  28. Signed by Speaker

  29. Signed by President

  30. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  31. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  32. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB434)

  33. Approved by Governor-Chapter 611 (effective 7/1/2026)

  34. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)

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