--- type: "Bill" title: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity." description: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1821" citation: "Virginia HB 1821 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"] version_count: 9 action_count: 40 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2025-01-06" last_action: "2025-05-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1821" source_hash: "d3f11ce5984acc886b790b7d2a1125c504f4aec138c70a3f072f6c39c4fa92c7" 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 1821 (2025) — Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity. Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013241.PDF) 2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079875.PDF) 3. **Commerce and Labor Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057398.HTML) 4. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074596.PDF) 5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073583.HTML) 6. **Governor's Signature Explanation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080181.PDF) 7. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025338.PDF) 8. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062612.HTML) 9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066945.PDF) ## Votes - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower - Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper - Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower - Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper - Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - David A. Reid — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104298D `filing, introduction` - **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee` - **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee` - **2025-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821) - **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution` - **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105417D-H1 `substitution` - **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1` - **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2` - **2025-01-28** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to - **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution` - **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821) - **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18** Rules suspended - **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) - **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day - **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3` - **2025-02-19** Reading of amendments waived - **2025-02-19** Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended - **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage` - **2025-02-20** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) `amendment-passage` - **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1821ER) `passage` - **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage` - **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt` - **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821) - **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item` - **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB1821H2) - **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) - **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor - **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-02** Governor's Signature Explanation - **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature` - **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).