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Bill	Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency programs.	Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency programs; industrial customers. Revises the definition of "large general service customer" from a customer with a verifiable history of demand from 500 kilowatts from a single meter of delivery to one with one megawatt at a single site. Large general service customers are exempt from the costs of certain energy efficiency programs if the State Corporation Commission finds that such customer has implemented energy efficiency programs that have produced or will produce measured and verified results consistent with industry standards and other regulatory criteria. The measure requires the Commission to adopt regulations (i) establishing the process for large general service customers to apply for such an exemption, (ii) establishing the administrative procedures by which eligible customers will notify the utility, and (iii) defining the standard criteria that is required to be satisfied by an applicant in order to notify the utility, including means of evaluation measurement and verification and confidentiality requirements. The bill requires such rules and regulations to require that each exempted large general service customer certify to the utility and Commission that its implemented energy efficiency programs have delivered measured and verified savings within the prior five years.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1576	Virginia HB 1576 (2020)	bill		enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	4	37	11	2020-01-14	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/47d596b4-b1ad-4304-baef-e7337794eb28	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1576	03d9e0b9d7c2cc3be68669682c418eb50f030623830205975cd426d723c044db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1576 (2020) — Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency programs.

Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency programs; industrial customers. Revises the definition of "large general service customer" from a customer with a verifiable history of demand from 500 kilowatts from a single meter of delivery to one with one megawatt at a single site. Large general service customers are exempt from the costs of certain energy efficiency programs if the State Corporation Commission finds that such customer has implemented energy efficiency programs that have produced or will produce measured and verified results consistent with industry standards and other regulatory criteria. The measure requires the Commission to adopt regulations (i) establishing the process for large general service customers to apply for such an exemption, (ii) establishing the administrative procedures by which eligible customers will notify the utility, and (iii) defining the standard criteria that is required to be satisfied by an applicant in order to notify the utility, including means of evaluation measurement and verification and confidentiality requirements. The bill requires such rules and regulations to require that each exempted large general service customer certify to the utility and Commission that its implemented energy efficiency programs have delivered measured and verified savings within the prior five years.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0799) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1576ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1576S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB1576) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20105281D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from SCC (HB1576)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Floor substitute printed 20109241D-S1 (Saslaw)
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-28 Substitute by Senator Saslaw agreed to 20109241D-S1
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1576S1
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109241D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from SCC (HB1576S1)
• 2020-03-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB1576ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47d596b4-b1ad-4304-baef-e7337794eb28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).