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| Bill | Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers, renewable portfolio standard requirements. | Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers; renewable portfolio standard requirements. Permits an individual retail customer of electric energy from Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia whose noncoincident peak demand exceeded five megawatts during 2024 or any year thereafter to purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier within the Commonwealth. Currently, such a customer may only purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier if the customer's peak demand did not exceed one percent of the incumbent electric utility's peak load during the most recent calendar year unless the customer had a noncoincident peak demand of more than 90 megawatts. The bill requires a licensed supplier providing electric energy to such a customer to meet the annual renewable portfolio standard program requirements on an aggregate basis for all electric energy sold within the incumbent electric utility's service territory during a compliance year. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 818 | Virginia SB 818 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 818 (2026) — Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers, renewable portfolio standard requirements.
Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers; renewable portfolio standard requirements. Permits an individual retail customer of electric energy from Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia whose noncoincident peak demand exceeded five megawatts during 2024 or any year thereafter to purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier within the Commonwealth. Currently, such a customer may only purchase electric energy from a licensed supplier if the customer's peak demand did not exceed one percent of the incumbent electric utility's peak load during the most recent calendar year unless the customer had a noncoincident peak demand of more than 90 megawatts. The bill requires a licensed supplier providing electric energy to such a customer to meet the annual renewable portfolio standard program requirements on an aggregate basis for all electric energy sold within the incumbent electric utility's service territory during a compliance year.
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
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 18–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105330D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB818)
- 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-12 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107834D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Blank Action
- 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB818)
- 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB818ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 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 (SB818)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/612a5334-2d3d-4d64-a842-e148b041ac31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).