VA SB 509
Status unknownLicensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands, total retail load limit.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did VA SB 509 pass?
The current status of VA SB 509 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-09): Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
What is VA SB 509 about?
Electric utilities; licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands; total retail load limit. Amends provisions that permit two or more individual nonresidential retail customers of electric energy to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to aggregate their electric demands for the purpose of purchasing electric energy from a licensed supplier. Under the bill, the five megawatt participation threshold is based on noncoincident peak demand in calendar year 2024 and any year thereafter. Under the bill, such customers are not required to petition the Commission for approval to aggregate their demands, but are required to notify the Commission and incumbent electric utility in writing that they have met the requirements for doing so. The bill makes it voluntary rather than mandatory for the Commission to impose certain periodic monitoring and reporting obligations for such customers to demonstrate continued compliance with the aggregate demand limitations.
Who sponsors VA SB 509?
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg is the primary sponsor of VA SB 509.
Description
Electric utilities; licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands; total retail load limit. Amends provisions that permit two or more individual nonresidential retail customers of electric energy to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to aggregate their electric demands for the purpose of purchasing electric energy from a licensed supplier. Under the bill, the five megawatt participation threshold is based on noncoincident peak demand in calendar year 2024 and any year thereafter. Under the bill, such customers are not required to petition the Commission for approval to aggregate their demands, but are required to notify the Commission and incumbent electric utility in writing that they have met the requirements for doing so. The bill makes it voluntary rather than mandatory for the Commission to impose certain periodic monitoring and reporting obligations for such customers to demonstrate continued compliance with the aggregate demand limitations.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-09 — Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburgprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105190D
filing,introduction
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee
2026-02-05
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB509)
2026-02-09
Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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Documents
Votes
Continued to next session in Commerce and Labor
2026-02-09 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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