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VA HB 658

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State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did VA HB 658 pass?

The current status of VA HB 658 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Labor and Commerce

What is VA HB 658 about?

State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2028.

Who sponsors VA HB 658?

Michelle Lopes Maldonado is the primary sponsor of VA HB 658, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2028.

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

Sponsors

  • Michelle Lopes Maldonadoprimary
  • Michael J. Webertcosponsor
  • John Chilton McAuliffcosponsor
  • Irene Shincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104557D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-03

    Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB658)

  5. 2026-02-10

    House subcommittee offered

  6. 2026-02-10

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 2-N)

  7. 2026-02-18

    Left in Labor and Commerce

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-02-10 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Irene Shin: no
    • Michael B. Feggans: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • May Nivar: yes
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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