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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; amends renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements, etc."
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description: "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. This bill is identical to HB 628."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 175"
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citation: "Virginia SB 175 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e786cf-023c-49c6-bdd9-3570b6a56962"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB175"
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source_hash: "143f53ee44634b21227360982f1dadcc7577171523bbda1246b85ec89fe9aa1e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 175 (2026) — Electric utilities; amends renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements, etc.
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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. This bill is identical to HB 628.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083653.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221485.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136013.PDF)
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4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190867.HTML)
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5. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185550.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201070.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Amendment R — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **93–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104645D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB175)
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- **2026-02-09** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107441D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB175)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-03-03** Passed House with amendment (93-Y 5-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** House amendment agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB175ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB175)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 646 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93e786cf-023c-49c6-bdd9-3570b6a56962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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