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type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct."
description: "Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. Requires Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by December 1, 2025. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand. This bill is identical to HB 2346."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1100"
citation: "Virginia SB 1100 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62eba504-d80c-4bcf-b8f9-eab8e1dd8dd5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1100"
source_hash: "45ddeddce8eb8fc379fedd84cd9d153ccc8e177df53a8edd283513d8b60c26b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1100 (2025) — Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct.
Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. Requires Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by December 1, 2025. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand. This bill is identical to HB 2346.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017866.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079987.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030837.PDF)
4. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074776.PDF)
5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074107.HTML)
6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051633.PDF)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066383.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **2218** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **175** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **2119** (pass) · upper
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — **1921** (fail) · upper
- Passed House with substitute (70-Y 26-N) — **7026** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104204D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1100)
- **2025-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee substitute printed 25105998D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-01-30** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107126D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1100)
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House with substitute (70-Y 26-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1100ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1100)
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (SB1100S2)
- **2025-03-25** Governor's substitute printed (SB1100S2)
- **2025-04-02** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62eba504-d80c-4bcf-b8f9-eab8e1dd8dd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).