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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program."
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description: "Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric cooperative or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand. This bill is identical to HB 562."
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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 487"
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citation: "Virginia SB 487 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7478388b-6081-4b74-85c8-1b3d710dee42"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB487"
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source_hash: "b6fd5f7da84a707f2b94f8641edec47247ca514b41ef2db0f9448283019a55a8"
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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 487 (2026) — Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program.
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Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric cooperative or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand. This bill is identical to HB 562.
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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/1090467.PDF)
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2. **Delegate Reid Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185442.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196029.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105222D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB487)
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- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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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** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-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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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** Floor substitute printed 26108780D-H1 (Reid)
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- **2026-02-27** Floor offered Delegate Reid Substitute
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Delegate Reid Floor substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by House - floor substitute
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- **2026-02-27** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB487ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB487)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 893 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/7478388b-6081-4b74-85c8-1b3d710dee42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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