VirginiaLocalities may fund energy-saving purchases for residents and businesses
A locality may create and manage a permanent fund that gives residents and locally owned businesses grants for certain energy-efficient purchases.
What it does
A locality may set up a permanent fund to help residents and locally owned businesses reduce environmental impacts. The fund may use only appropriated local money and money received for it.
Grants could help eligible residents and locally owned businesses buy energy-efficient equipment or small personal transportation devices, but only for the purchases listed in the bill.
Argument forResidents and locally owned businesses could get help buying energy-saving equipment if their locality chooses to create and fund the program.
Argument againstResidents and businesses could have limited options because grants could pay only for four types of energy-saving equipment or devices.
More detail
A locality may create and manage a permanent fund by ordinance. The fund would be for grants to residents or businesses owned locally. The fund may contain only local money set aside through an appropriation and gifts, donations, grants, bequests, or other funds received for it.
The locality may give fund grants for specified energy-saving purchases. Grants would be for residents or locally owned businesses to reduce environmental impacts. Grant money may be used only to buy energy-efficient lawn care or landscaping equipment, home appliances, heating or cooling equipment, or small personal transportation devices.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 6Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Jan 28Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102213DIntroduced
Environment & EnergyGovernment & EthicsEmergency Management