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SB516Introduced in the Senate

Electric utilities; disconnection reports, State Corporation Commission database, annual summary.

Passed

Introduced by Creigh Deeds, District 11

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Electric utilities; disconnection reports; State Corporation Commission database; annual summary. Requires each investor-owned utility and electric cooperative operating in the Commonwealth to provide a monthly report on residential account disconnections to the State Corporation Commission. The monthly report is required to include specific information outlined in the bill, including the number of residential accounts involuntarily disconnected due to nonpayment, the amount of time in which such accounts were reconnected to service, the amounts of arrearages attributable to such disconnected accounts and other residential accounts, and information related to how many of the disconnected accounts participate in a payment assistance program or have a serious medical condition certification form on file with the electric utility. The bill requires the Commission to publish the information from such monthly reports in a comprehensive and easily accessible online database. The bill also requires the Commission to submit an annual executive summary to the Governor and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation on trends in electric utility disconnections based on the reports submitted by electric utilities, the first of which is due by September 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to HB 828.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 13, 2026

39

Yes

0

No

1

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 26104599D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516)

  4. Senate committee offered

  5. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)

  6. Committee substitute printed 26107517D-S1

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

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

  10. Read second time

  11. Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to

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

  13. Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516)

  15. Placed on Calendar

  16. Read first time

  17. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  18. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

  19. Committee substitute printed 26108608D-H1

  20. Read second time

  21. Read third time

  22. committee substitute agreed to

  23. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  24. Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

  25. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516)

  26. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  27. House insisted on substitute

  28. House requested conference committee

  29. Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. Conferees appointed by Senate

  31. Senate Conferees: Deeds, Surovell, Obenshain

  32. Conferees appointed by House

  33. House Conferees: Herring, Ward, Webert

  34. Conference Report released

  35. Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  36. Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)

  37. Enrolled

  38. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB516ER)

  39. Signed by President

  40. Signed by Speaker

  41. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

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

  43. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516)

  44. Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (Effective 7/1/2027)

  45. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)

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