republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and agricultural customer-generators."
description: "Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators. Provides that no contract, lease, or arrangement by which a third party owns, maintains, or operates an electrical generating facility on an eligible customer-generator's property shall constitute the sale of electricity or cause the customer-generator or the third party to be considered an electric utility by virtue of participating in net energy metering. The bill prohibits an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator from being required to provide proof of liability insurance or to purchase additional liability insurance as a condition of interconnection. The bill exempts eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators that operate a battery storage device of capacity commensurate with and equal to or greater than that of the electrical generating facility and in conjunction with the electrical generating facility from standby charges. The bill provides that any eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator may participate in demand response, energy efficiency, or peak reduction from dispatch of onsite battery service, provided that the compensation received is in exchange for a distinct service that is not already compensated by net metering credits for electricity exported to the electric distribution system or compensated by any other utility program or tariff. This bill is identical to HB 1062."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Virginia SB 271 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suhas Subramanyam"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/585557a9-df03-4f71-87aa-8cbdd3f1f1ea"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB271"
source_hash: "3e19bf62e37f4b118d8d28ff11514ad8054264d48f23479cd66f1e2822671e31"
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 SB 271 (2024) — Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and agricultural customer-generators.

Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators. Provides that no contract, lease, or arrangement by which a third party owns, maintains, or operates an electrical generating facility on an eligible customer-generator's property shall constitute the sale of electricity or cause the customer-generator or the third party to be considered an electric utility by virtue of participating in net energy metering. The bill prohibits an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator from being required to provide proof of liability insurance or to purchase additional liability insurance as a condition of interconnection. The bill exempts eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators that operate a battery storage device of capacity commensurate with and equal to or greater than that of the electrical generating facility and in conjunction with the electrical generating facility from standby charges. The bill provides that any eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator may participate in demand response, energy efficiency, or peak reduction from dispatch of onsite battery service, provided that the compensation received is in exchange for a distinct service that is not already compensated by net metering credits for electricity exported to the electric distribution system or compensated by any other utility program or tariff. This bill is identical to HB 1062.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0783)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102701D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB271)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24102701D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB271E)
4. **SB271ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB271ER)
5. **SB271ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB271ER2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102701D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from SCC (SB271)
- **2024-01-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-29** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB271E
- **2024-02-01** Printed as engrossed 24102701D-E
- **2024-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Impact statement from SCC (SB271E)
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2024-02-23** Passed House with amendment (53-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB271ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 40-N)
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (SB271ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)
- **2024-04-22** Impact statement from SCC (SB271ER)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/585557a9-df03-4f71-87aa-8cbdd3f1f1ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).