HB434
Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 12, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB434)
Chief Patron:
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Phase I and Phase II Utilities; electric grid utilization metrics.
Requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission by November 1, 2026 for approval of electric grid utilization metrics and directs the Commission to issue its final order regarding such petition by July 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Commission, in issuing such final order, ... (More) to analyze and report on the potential for each applicable utility to increase electric grid utilization through the deployment of non-wires alternatives. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104943D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105878D-H1
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/01/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB434)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108393D-S1
- 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: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/02/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/05/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB434ER)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 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
- 03/12/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB434)
