SB448
Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
Chief Patron:
Lamont Bagby (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 4,000 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, 2031. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105446D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107447D-S1
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107847D-S2
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/19/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/27/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 03/02/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 03/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 03/05/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26109068D-H1
- 03/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/10/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - House: Floor
- 03/11/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - House: Delegate Wilt Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/11/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (66-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB448ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
- 04/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
