Virginia · House Bill 976 · 2025 Regular Session

Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost.

HB 976 Sponsored by Phil M. Hernandez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 9, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission; energy policy of the Commonwealth. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the Commonwealth implements the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law, at the lowest reasonable cost, taking into account all cost-effective demand-side management options and the security and reliability benefits of the regional transmission entity…

Read the full title (93 words)

Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission; energy policy of the Commonwealth. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the Commonwealth implements the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law, at the lowest reasonable cost, taking into account all cost-effective demand-side management options and the security and reliability benefits of the regional transmission entity that each incumbent electric utility has joined. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that plans, petitions, or proposals from utilities that do not ensure such implementation at the lowest reasonable cost are not in the public interest.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. House of DelegatesPrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103181D
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · House of Delegates Labor and Commerce
  3. CommitteeAssigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 · House of Delegates Labor and Commerce: Subcommittee 3
  4. House of DelegatesImpact statement from SCC (HB976)
  5. CommitteeSubcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote) · House of Delegates Labor and Commerce: Subcommittee 3
  6. CommitteeContinued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) · House of Delegates Labor and Commerce
  7. CommitteeLeft in Labor and Commerce · House of Delegates Labor and Commerce

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Virginia's official records (lis.blob.core.windows.net), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.