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| Bill | Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance. | Electric utilities; energy storage resources; Department of Energy to develop model ordinances; State Corporation Commission to conduct technology demonstration program. Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 16,000 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 4,000 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. "Long-duration energy storage" and "short-duration energy storage" are defined in the bill. Under the bill, the Commission shall approve an independent auditor to help develop criteria for and to help review requests for proposals for new energy storage resources. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2031. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission. The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to develop model ordinances suggested for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects by December 1, 2026. The bill directs the Commission to initiate a technical conference by September 1, 2026, to evaluate safety standards and practices for energy storage development. The bill also includes a provision authorizing the Commission to evaluate energy storage project proposals during annual petitions filed for the development of new renewable generation capacity. This bill is identical to HB 895. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 448 | Virginia SB 448 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 448 (2026) — Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance.
Electric utilities; energy storage resources; Department of Energy to develop model ordinances; State Corporation Commission to conduct technology demonstration program. Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 16,000 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 4,000 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. "Long-duration energy storage" and "short-duration energy storage" are defined in the bill. Under the bill, the Commission shall approve an independent auditor to help develop criteria for and to help review requests for proposals for new energy storage resources. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2031. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission. The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to develop model ordinances suggested for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects by December 1, 2026. The bill directs the Commission to initiate a technical conference by September 1, 2026, to evaluate safety standards and practices for energy storage development. The bill also includes a provision authorizing the Commission to evaluate energy storage project proposals during annual petitions filed for the development of new renewable generation capacity. This bill is identical to HB 895.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Delegate Wilt Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Concur House Substitute R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 66–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 15–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105446D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26107447D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107847D-S2
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-03-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109068D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-10 Floor offered Delegate Wilt Amendment
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-11 Delegate Wilt Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 33-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 2026-03-12 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB448ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB448)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9834797a-4659-474a-82cd-368007565629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).