VirginiaUnderground electric distribution & transmission improvement; levy on utility customers by ordinance.
What it does
Qualifying localities; underground electric distribution and transmission improvements; levy on utility customers by ordinance. Authorizes a qualifying locality, defined in the bill, to enter into an agreement with an electric utility to place new or proposed underground electric distribution or transmission lines and facilities or to relocate or convert existing overhead electric distribution or transmission lines and facilities underground. The bill requires any such agreement to provide that the locality pay to the utility its full additional costs of placing new or proposed electric distribution or transmission lines in the qualifying locality or relocating and converting that portion of a line located in the county underground rather than overhead, minus the net of relocation credits.The bill also provides that the qualifying locality may impose an additional levy on electric utility customers, which (i) shall not exceed $1 per month on residential customers; (ii) shall not exceed $10 per month on nonresidential customers; (iii) may be fixed at any amount on nonresidential customers that are major commercial energy consumers, defined in the bill; and (iv) shall be collected by the utility on behalf of the locality.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conferenceLatest
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conference
- Mar 14No further action taken
- Mar 12Senate acceded to request
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded Accede Conference Committee R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12House Conferees: Singh, Sullivan, O'Quinn
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 12Senate Conferees: Perry, Marsden, McDougle
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 12Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 12House requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 12House insisted on substituteMajor
- Mar 12House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- Mar 11Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 11committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 11Read third timeMinor
- Mar 10Passed by for the day
- Mar 9Read second timeMinor
- Mar 5Committee substitute printed 26109186D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Mar 3Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3House subcommittee offered
- Feb 21Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/21/2026 3:41 pm)
- Feb 19Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Feb 19Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Feb 19Read first timeMinor
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- Feb 12Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 11Rules suspended
- Feb 9Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Senate committee offered
- Jan 31Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/31/2026 8:22 am)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105147DIntroduced