HB884
Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 12, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Charniele Herring (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility.
Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the ... (More) household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill provides that the annual total costs for the Program in current law shall apply through December 31, 2026. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104182D
- 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
- 01/25/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB884)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/21/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109545D-S1
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/12/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
