---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric generation facilities; SCC shall determine retirement of facilities."
description: "State Corporation Commission; retirement of coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. Requires the State Corporation Commission to determine the amortization period for recovery of any appropriate costs due to the early retirement of any coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities owned or operated by any Phase I or Phase II Utility. The bill requires the Commission, in making such determination, to (i) perform an independent analysis of the remaining undepreciated capital costs; (ii) establish a recovery period that best serves ratepayers; and (iii) allow for the recovery of any carrying costs that the Commission, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 528"
citation: "Virginia HB 528 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suhas Subramanyam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-05"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab76ebf-7bb4-4404-aa50-d40f918d4b72"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB528"
source_hash: "f26f653357469298438092ba2842d249abdb8125dc2a9997cdd9ef2780163e30"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 528 (2020) — Electric generation facilities; SCC shall determine retirement of facilities.

State Corporation Commission; retirement of coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. Requires the State Corporation Commission to determine the amortization period for recovery of any appropriate costs due to the early retirement of any coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities owned or operated by any Phase I or Phase II Utility. The bill requires the Commission, in making such determination, to (i) perform an independent analysis of the remaining undepreciated capital costs; (ii) establish a recovery period that best serves ratepayers; and (iii) allow for the recovery of any carrying costs that the Commission, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0662)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB528ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB528ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB528H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB528H1)
4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB528)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB528)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed by for the day (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Committee amendment rejected (16-Y 23-N) — **16–23** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N) — **49–43** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103628D `introduction`
- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-11** Impact statement from SCC (HB528)
- **2020-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20106462D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20106462D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB528H1
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-28** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from SCC (HB528H1)
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment rejected (16-Y 23-N)
- **2020-03-04** Amendments by Senator Norment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-04** Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Passed by for the day motion rejected
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** Passed by for the day (24-Y 16-N)
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-05** Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate amendments agreed to by House (50-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB528ER)
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab76ebf-7bb4-4404-aa50-d40f918d4b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).