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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc."
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description: "Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard; zero-carbon electricity; accelerated clean energy buyers. Revises the conditions under which accelerated clean energy buyers, defined in existing law as accelerated renewable energy buyers, may contract with Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia to obtain renewable energy certificates (RECs). The bill exempts an accelerated clean energy buyer obtaining capacity, energy, or RECs from qualifying resources or facilities from the assignment of non-bypassable costs associated with compliance with the renewable portfolio standard program based on the amount and type of renewable energy certificates obtained in proportion to such accelerated clean energy buyer's total electric energy consumption. This bill incorporates SB 470. This bill is identical to HB 369."
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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 598"
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citation: "Virginia SB 598 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b633b25-9084-4bcd-a8f1-90878c8d8898"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB598"
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source_hash: "2fd4f71d2aa9ee11da0b4b9801e664dc6dcae0353d314399d61fd3172359c112"
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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 598 (2026) — Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc.
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Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard; zero-carbon electricity; accelerated clean energy buyers. Revises the conditions under which accelerated clean energy buyers, defined in existing law as accelerated renewable energy buyers, may contract with Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia to obtain renewable energy certificates (RECs). The bill exempts an accelerated clean energy buyer obtaining capacity, energy, or RECs from qualifying resources or facilities from the assignment of non-bypassable costs associated with compliance with the renewable portfolio standard program based on the amount and type of renewable energy certificates obtained in proportion to such accelerated clean energy buyer's total electric energy consumption. This bill incorporates SB 470. This bill is identical to HB 369.
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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/1090994.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218250.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147124.PDF)
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4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191703.PDF)
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5. **Senator McDougle Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1151084.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209908.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Amendment V — **19–20** (fail) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102381D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB598)
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- **2026-02-12** Incorporates SB470 (Marsden)
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- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107536D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Floor offered Senator McDougle Amendment
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- **2026-02-16** Senator McDougle Amendment rejected (19-Y 20-N 0-A) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB598)
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** House committee offered
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- **2026-03-03** House committee offered
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26109089D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB598)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB598ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB598)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)
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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/0b633b25-9084-4bcd-a8f1-90878c8d8898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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