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Bill

Electric generating facility closures; public disclosure, integrated resource plans.

Electric utilities; closure of carbon-emitting generating units. Requires each owner of a large carbon-emitting power plant to provide notice to relevant localities and state agencies about the decision to close the plant within 30 days of making such decision The bill requires localities in which such facilities are located, and planning district commissions in such localities, to conduct public hearings regarding the impending closure within six months of receipt of such notice. The bill requires the Division of Energy to maintain a public website listing the facilities subject to the requirements of the bill and their anticipated closure dates. As part of an integrated resource plan, the bill requires each utility to submit a facility retirement study for its carbon-emitting facilities and disclose the study to relevant localities and state agencies.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2021

SB 1247

Virginia SB 1247 (2021)

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enacted

R. Creigh Deeds

2021-01-11

2021-03-11

openstates

ocd-bill/d1200994-d17f-4abc-a988-07ffbeb099a7

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1247

2f4c1aebfeb2aac97aa493a1461bf6346fc5ac818ac234d57a5817d6e8141c5d

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 1247 (2021) — Electric generating facility closures; public disclosure, integrated resource plans.

Version chain

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

CHAP0042 (committee substitute) — source
Committee substitute printed 21104032D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
Committee substitute printed 21200124D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100754D (committee substitute) — source
SB1247ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100754D introduction
2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
2021-01-19 Impact statement from SCC (SB1247)
2021-01-25 Assigned C&L sub: Energy referral-committee
2021-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2021-02-01 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21104032D-S1 substitution
2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104032D-S1
2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1247S1
2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
2021-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (SB1247S1)
2021-02-11 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2021-02-11 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2021-02-11 Committee substitute printed 21200124D-H1 substitution
2021-02-15 Read second time reading-2
2021-02-16 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
2021-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 21200124D-H1
2021-02-16 Amendment by Delegate Ward agreed to amendment-passage
2021-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1247H1
2021-02-16 Passed House with substitute with amendment (99-Y 0-N) passage
2021-02-16 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18 House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18 Title replaced 21200124D-H1
2021-02-19 Impact statement from SCC (SB1247H1)
2021-02-22 Enrolled
2021-02-22 Signed by President
2021-02-23 Impact statement from SCC (SB1247ER)
2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1200994-d17f-4abc-a988-07ffbeb099a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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