VirginiaElectric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.
What it does
Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility. Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
More detail
The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development as needed, to update its rules and guidelines for the implementation of the Program to reflect the eligibility requirements of the bill. The provisions of the bill, other than the provisions directing the Department of Social Services to update its rules and guidelines, have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB884ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 25Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- Mar 12Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 11Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Mar 11Read third timeMinor
- Mar 10Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 10Rules suspended
- Mar 10Committee substitute printed 26109545D-S1Major
- Mar 9Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Feb 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 16committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
- Feb 6Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Feb 5Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3House subcommittee offered
- Jan 25Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB884)
- Jan 22Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104182DIntroduced