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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; municipal net energy metering."
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description: "Electric utilities; municipal net energy metering. Updates provisions related to American Electric Power's participation in a municipal net energy metering pilot program and creates similar requirements for a municipal net energy metering pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia, with a duration of the pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia until July 1, 2028. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to review the municipal net energy metering pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia in 2024 and every two years thereafter. The bill clarifies that the aggregated capacity of generation facilities subject to a net metering pilot program conducted by any utility shall not be considered part of the aggregate net metering cap established pursuant to the Virginia Clean Economy Act. However, the aggregated capacity of generation facilities under each utility's pilot program that is part of a third-party power purchase agreement shall constitute a portion of the existing limit on pilot programs with third-party power purchase agreements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 396"
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citation: "Virginia HB 396 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1b84659-24aa-4275-94a4-e0b3fa213a46"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB396"
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source_hash: "ddd693a01e10aab403c056b8393bc1353acb17144cbde1d42ab5ba10af9c1034"
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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 HB 396 (2022) — Electric utilities; municipal net energy metering.
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Electric utilities; municipal net energy metering. Updates provisions related to American Electric Power's participation in a municipal net energy metering pilot program and creates similar requirements for a municipal net energy metering pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia, with a duration of the pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia until July 1, 2028. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to review the municipal net energy metering pilot program for Dominion Energy Virginia in 2024 and every two years thereafter. The bill clarifies that the aggregated capacity of generation facilities subject to a net metering pilot program conducted by any utility shall not be considered part of the aggregate net metering cap established pursuant to the Virginia Clean Economy Act. However, the aggregated capacity of generation facilities under each utility's pilot program that is part of a third-party power purchase agreement shall constitute a portion of the existing limit on pilot programs with third-party power purchase agreements.
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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. **CHAP0388** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0388)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106330D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB396H1)
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3. **HB396ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB396ER)
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4. **HB396H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB396H2)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103298D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB396)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103298D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-31** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106330D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-11** Floor substitute printed 22106434D-H2 (Sullivan)
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- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** Committee on Commerce and Energy substitute rejected 22106330D-H1
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- **2022-02-11** Substitute by Delegate Sullivan agreed to 22106434D-H2
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- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB396H2
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- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-18** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/22) `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/b1b84659-24aa-4275-94a4-e0b3fa213a46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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