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Electric utilities; high energy demand customers; demand flexibility programs; reports. Directs Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to file a petition with the State Corporation Commission by January 1, 2027, for voluntary demand flexibility programs that apply to high energy demand customers, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to consider all forms of demand flexibility and other specific factors in approving each such program. The bill directs each cooperative that serves one or more high energy demand customers to establish a voluntary demand flexibility program for such customers by January 1, 2029. Under the bill, Dominion and Appalachian Power are required to file status reports on their demand flexibility programs with the Commission three years after initial program approval and every three years thereafter. Additionally, in 2028 and annually thereafter, the Commission is required to submit information summarizing the status and performance of such programs as part of an existing report.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Committee substitute printed 26108390D-H1
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A)
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB371)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute printed 26107319D-S1
Senate committee offered
Incorporates SB551 (Srinivasan)
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB371)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102637D
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Jeremy S. McPike