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| Bill | Electric substation construction agreements; "electric cooperatives" or "cooperative", definitions. | Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction agreements. Permits an electric cooperative to enter into an agreement to construct a substation with a member receiving regulated electric service, with an electric demand of at least 20 megawatts during the most recent calendar year, that requires a point of interconnection with a transmission line system of 230 kilovolts or more. The bill provides that, upon final completion of a substation constructed under such an agreement, the member shall transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative for the cooperative to operate and maintain at the member's sole expense. Under the bill, the costs of acquisition, operation, or maintenance of such a substation shall be excluded from the cooperative's general and base rates and shall not be recovered from any other ratepayer. This bill is identical to SB 377. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1191 | Virginia HB 1191 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1191 (2026) — Electric substation construction agreements; "electric cooperatives" or "cooperative", definitions.
Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction agreements. Permits an electric cooperative to enter into an agreement to construct a substation with a member receiving regulated electric service, with an electric demand of at least 20 megawatts during the most recent calendar year, that requires a point of interconnection with a transmission line system of 230 kilovolts or more. The bill provides that, upon final completion of a substation constructed under such an agreement, the member shall transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative for the cooperative to operate and maintain at the member's sole expense. Under the bill, the costs of acquisition, operation, or maintenance of such a substation shall be excluded from the cooperative's general and base rates and shall not be recovered from any other ratepayer. This bill is identical to SB 377.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105397D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1191)
- 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26106908D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-11 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1191)
- 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-03 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-03 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1191ER)
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1191)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/680cc256-b26b-4bfb-84b4-985ed1310374. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).