Virginia - Session 2026
Title: Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program.
Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric utility or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-24 | Status | enrolled |
| 2026-03-24 | Latest Action | S Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB487) |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 395 | Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation. | enrolled |
| HB 884 | Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date. | enrolled |
| HB 242 | Public utilities; budget plan payment increases. | enrolled |
| HB 952 | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; certain industrial stormwater permittees. | enrolled |
| HB 84 | Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities. | enrolled |
| SB 249 | Electric utilities; definitions, integrated resource plans, report. | enrolled |
| SB 250 | Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation. | enrolled |
| SB 371 | Electric utilities; electric demand flexibility programs, high energy demand customers, report. | enrolled |