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HB921Introduced in the House of Delegates

Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers, renewable portfolio standard requirements.

Passed

Introduced by Alfonso Lopez, District 3

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers; notice period for return to service. Permits an individual nonresidential retail customer of electric energy of Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia whose noncoincident peak demand exceeded five megawatts during the most recent calendar year to purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier within the Commonwealth. Currently, such a customer may only purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier if the customer's peak demand did not exceed one percent of the incumbent electric utility's peak load during the most recent calendar year unless the customer had a noncoincident peak demand of more than 90 megawatts. The bill changes from five years to eighteen months the advance notice period required for such a customer to return to service by an incumbent electric utility.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · February 26, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104026D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)

  5. House subcommittee offered

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

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

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107047D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

  15. Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  17. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)

  19. Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N)

  20. Rules suspended

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

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

  23. Read third time

  24. Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A)

  25. Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  26. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  27. Enrolled

  28. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB921ER)

  29. Signed by Speaker

  30. Signed by President

  31. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)

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

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

  34. Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective 7/1/2026)

  35. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)

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