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SB267Introduced in the Senate

Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy & SCC to conduct comprehensive analysis, report.

Passed

Introduced by Schuyler VanValkenburg, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Energy (the Department), in consultation with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), Appalachian Power, and Dominion Energy Virginia, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities that improve or preserve electric system reliability as an alternative or supplement to greenfield infrastructure projects. Provided that the Department receives sufficient voluntary financial contributions to engage independent consulting services, the Department and the Commission shall complete the analysis and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2026.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886)

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

House of DelegatesStage: Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 4, 2026

99

Yes

0

No

0

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 26102873D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB267)

  4. Senate committee offered

  5. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  6. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  7. Committee substitute printed 26107973D-S1

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)

  10. Passed by for the day

  11. Read second time

  12. Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to

  13. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  14. Rules suspended

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  17. Placed on Calendar

  18. Read first time

  19. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  20. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB267)

  21. Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

  22. Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB267)

  24. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  25. Read second time

  26. Read third time

  27. Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

  28. Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

  29. Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. Enrolled

  31. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB267ER)

  32. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB267)

  33. Signed by Speaker

  34. Signed by President

  35. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

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

  37. Approved by Governor-Chapter 886 (effective 7/1/2026)

  38. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886)

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