Virginia Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: enacted. Latest action: April 8, 2026.
Remediated Mine Gas Grant Program; established, report.
Electric generation from remediated mine gas; renewable portfolio standard. Authorizes Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to deploy electric generation that utilizes, in whole or in part, remediated mine gas, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred for a remediated mine gas project shall be recovered through utility base rates for generation and distribution services. Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using remediated mine gas shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program if such generation achieves a carbon intensity score of zero on a life-cycle basis as determined by the U.S. Department of Energy's GREET model.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-08 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-04-08 | Latest Action | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494) |