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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 HB 1191. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 377 | Virginia SB 377 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 377 (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 HB 1191.
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
- Senator Surovell Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105247D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
- 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26107087D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Floor substitute printed 26107668D-S2 (Surovell)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Floor offered Senator Surovell Substitute
- 2026-02-12 Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Senator Surovell Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
- 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB377ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
- 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 22 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7df34f7-8aad-4b1c-bc11-1bada72a4e8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).