Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program established; report; sunset. Establishes the Solar Interconnection Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to public bodies to offset costs associated with the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid. The Program is administered by the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy. The bill requires that priority be given to solar facilities located on previously developed project sites and requires the Division to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for the awarding of grants and general requirements of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027, and, as introduced, was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to HB 683.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB659)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB659ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Passed House (84-Y 15-N 0-A)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB659)
Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 8-N 1-A)
Committee substitute printed 26107816D-S1
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Read second time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB659)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB659)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104604D
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
Christie New Craig
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy