HB895
Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 17, 2026
House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Rip Sullivan (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy to develop model ordinance; work groups; reports
. Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power ... (More) shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 16,000 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. 'Long-duration energy storage' and 'short-duration energy storage' are defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2030. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104780D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB895)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107210D-H1
- 02/10/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/11/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB895)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
