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| Bill | Electric utilities, certain; purchased power cost risk mitigation practices. | State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in certain cost recovery proceedings and other annual filings as determined by the Commission, to examine the efficacy and sufficiency of fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices by Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power. Under the bill, the Commission is required to include legislative recommendations related to effectively regulating fuel and purchased power cost risk in an existing report. This bill is identical to HB 1256. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 505 | Virginia SB 505 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 505 (2026) — Electric utilities, certain; purchased power cost risk mitigation practices.
State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in certain cost recovery proceedings and other annual filings as determined by the Commission, to examine the efficacy and sufficiency of fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices by Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power. Under the bill, the Commission is required to include legislative recommendations related to effectively regulating fuel and purchased power cost risk in an existing report. This bill is identical to HB 1256.
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
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104695D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB505)
- 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26107572D-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 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 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 (SB505)
- 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 (21-Y 1-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 (SB505ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 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 (SB505)
- 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51e97b38-4e86-4683-9eeb-cad83e3ddfb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).