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Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility. Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill provides that the annual total costs for the Program in current law shall apply through December 31, 2026. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26109545D-S1
Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendments agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB884)
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104182D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Charniele L. Herring