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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity."
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description: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1821"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1821 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1821"
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source_hash: "d3f11ce5984acc886b790b7d2a1125c504f4aec138c70a3f072f6c39c4fa92c7"
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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 1821 (2025) — Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity.
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Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions.
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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/1013241.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079875.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057398.HTML)
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4. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074596.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073583.HTML)
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6. **Governor's Signature Explanation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080181.PDF)
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7. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025338.PDF)
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8. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062612.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066945.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David A. Reid — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104298D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
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- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105417D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-28** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-19** Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1821ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB1821H2)
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- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Governor's Signature Explanation
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)
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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/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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