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Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric cooperative or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand. This bill is identical to HB 562.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB487ER)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Floor offered Delegate Reid Substitute
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
Delegate Reid Floor substitute agreed to
Read third time
Floor substitute printed 26108780D-H1 (Reid)
Read second time
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N)
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB487)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105222D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Jeremy S. McPike