Bill Commons

VA HB 565

in committee

Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program; zero-carbon electricity; accelerated renewable energy buyers. Classifies zero-carbon electricity generating facilities that are not otherwise renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program eligible sources and that are placed into service in the Commonwealth after July 1, 2030, as RPS eligible sources. The bill permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer to contract to obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from solar, wind, or zero-carbon electricity generation located within the PJM region and placed in commercial operation on or before January 1, 2015, if investments to increase the maximum thermal power output of such facility occurred after January 1, 2015, or if a financial agreement for procurement of energy and capacity was entered into with such facility after January 1, 2015, to prevent the early retirement or decommissioning of such facility due to financial constraints.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Labor and Commerce
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • David A. Reidprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102713D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-19

    Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB565)

  4. 2026-01-20

    Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-22

    Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (7-Y 0-N)

  6. 2026-02-18

    Left in Labor and Commerce

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket

    2026-01-22 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Irene Shin: not voting
    • Michael B. Feggans: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • May Nivar: yes
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB565

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:59.552682Z

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=VA&identifier=HB 565. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.