HB2
Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Mark Sickles (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report.
States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to reduce, wherever feasible and cost-effective, heating-related costs of living for low-income residents. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to make best, reasonable efforts to provide by December 31, 2031, prescriptive efficiency measures, as defined in the bill, ... (More) and related efficiency improvements to at least 30 percent of the qualifying households, as defined in the bill, identified by such utilities, provided that the State Corporation Commission determines that such measures and improvements are in the public interest. The bill requires such utilities to report to the Commission its activities, plans, and filings regarding the bill's provisions no later than January 1, 2028, annually thereafter, and in any recurring filing that the Commission deems appropriate. The bill also requires that Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power make reasonable efforts to incorporate recommendations or feedback provided by the task force that evaluates barriers to access and enrollment in programs for income-qualified energy customers. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/17/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101998D
- 11/17/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/15/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/19/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/20/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/20/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 01/22/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105985D-H1
- 01/26/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/27/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 30-N 0-A)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/10/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From SCC (2/10/2026 2:53 pm)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/03/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/03/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2ER)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
