HB828
Electric utilities; disconnection reports, State Corporation Commission database, annual summary.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Chief Patron:
Charniele Herring (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Electric utilities; disconnection reports; State Corporation Commission database; annual summary.
Requires each investor-owned utility and electric cooperative operating in the Commonwealth to provide a monthly report on residential customer disconnections to the State Corporation Commission (the Commission). The monthly report is required to include specific information outlined in the bill, including the number of residential customers involuntarily disconnected due to ... (More) nonpayment, the amount of time in which such customers were reconnected to service, the amounts of arrearages attributable to such disconnected customers and other residential customers, and information related to how many of the disconnected customers participate in a payment assistance program or have a serious medical condition certification form on file with the electric utility. The bill requires the Commission to publish the information from such monthly reports in a comprehensive and easily accessible online database. The bill also requires the Commission to submit an annual executive summary to the Governor and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation on trends in electric utility disconnections based on the reports submitted by electric utilities, the first of which is due by September 1, 2026. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101400D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/2026 - House: Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
