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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program."
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description: "Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric cooperative or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand. This bill is identical to SB 487."
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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: "HB 562"
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citation: "Virginia HB 562 (2026)"
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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: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0166e5a-a783-4876-9c22-874ab6ce5557"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB562"
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source_hash: "4de286e817ee41fbf39e54d00eb112140d957cd253cb68627a693755a75b5e41"
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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 562 (2026) — Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program.
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Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric cooperative or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand. This bill is identical to SB 487.
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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/1084957.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214972.PDF)
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3. **Senator McPike Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182222.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194117.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (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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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105224D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB562)
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-26** Floor substitute printed 26108702D-S1 (McPike)
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- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
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- **2026-02-26** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2026-02-26** Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-26** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB562ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB562)
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- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)
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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/a0166e5a-a783-4876-9c22-874ab6ce5557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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