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| Bill | Renewable energy portfolio standard program; requirements, power purchase agreements. | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of one megawatt or less located in the Commonwealth. The bill changes from 2025 to 2027 the compliance year beginning in which at least 75 percent of renewable energy certificates used by Dominion Energy Virginia shall come from eligible resources located in the Commonwealth. The bill also removes the requirement for a solar-powered or wind-powered generation facility to have a capacity of no less than 50 kilowatts to qualify for a third party power purchase agreement under a pilot program. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission, by July 1, 2033, to initiate a proceeding to evaluate the future availability of renewable energy certificates from certain resources and permits the Commission to increase or decrease by up to one percentage point the percentage of program requirements to be met by such resources in future compliance years. The bill provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage development on previously developed project sites, as defined in existing law, to reduce the land use impacts of solar development. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to SB 175. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 628 | Virginia HB 628 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 628 (2026) — Renewable energy portfolio standard program; requirements, power purchase agreements.
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of one megawatt or less located in the Commonwealth. The bill changes from 2025 to 2027 the compliance year beginning in which at least 75 percent of renewable energy certificates used by Dominion Energy Virginia shall come from eligible resources located in the Commonwealth. The bill also removes the requirement for a solar-powered or wind-powered generation facility to have a capacity of no less than 50 kilowatts to qualify for a third party power purchase agreement under a pilot program. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission, by July 1, 2033, to initiate a proceeding to evaluate the future availability of renewable energy certificates from certain resources and permits the Commission to increase or decrease by up to one percentage point the percentage of program requirements to be met by such resources in future compliance years. The bill provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage development on previously developed project sites, as defined in existing law, to reduce the land use impacts of solar development. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to SB 175.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104385D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB628)
- 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB628)
- 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108349D-S1
substitution - 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 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB628ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB628)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 645 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33425316-f55f-4e8b-9fbe-8c1b4b1d60cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).