HB 898

Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: enacted. Latest action: April 13, 2026.

Electric utilities, certain; SCC to determine maximum amount of fees for disconnection, etc.

Bill ID VA-2026-HB-898

Session 2026

Status enacted

Committee Labor and Commerce; Commerce and Labor

House of Delegates enacted 2026-04-13

Infrastructure / Utilities

Summary

Electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities; disconnections for nonpayment; certain fees prohibited. Amends a provision authorizing electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities to recover costs related to compliance with disconnection suspensions for residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees on certain days and during extreme temperatures to require such costs to be recovered through the utility's base rates for service. The bill also prohibits such utilities from charging disconnection or reconnection fees to restore service to residential customers disconnected due to the nonpayment of bills or fees.

Sponsor

Herring

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-01-13	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-13	Status	enacted
2026-04-13	Latest Action	Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)

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