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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers, renewable portfolio standard requirements."
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description: "Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers; notice period for return to service. Permits an individual nonresidential retail customer of electric energy of Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia whose noncoincident peak demand exceeded five megawatts during the most recent calendar year 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 changes from five years to eighteen months the advance notice period required for such a customer to return to service by an incumbent electric utility. This bill is identical to SB 818."
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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 921"
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citation: "Virginia HB 921 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f636cf9b-5283-47f3-a6e3-94e0a4937c16"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB921"
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source_hash: "52df2ca67f6f73a23efe5d089a42d8652316f2942a9eb8f3c9ca311be97604b3"
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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 921 (2026) — Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers, renewable portfolio standard requirements.
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Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers; notice period for return to service. Permits an individual nonresidential retail customer of electric energy of Appalachian Power or Dominion Energy Virginia whose noncoincident peak demand exceeded five megawatts during the most recent calendar year 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 changes from five years to eighteen months the advance notice period required for such a customer to return to service by an incumbent electric utility. This bill is identical to SB 818.
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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/1086476.PDF)
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2. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132094.PDF)
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3. **Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116053.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187099.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **36–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (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 26104026D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)
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- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26107047D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-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** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-03** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB921ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB921)
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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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/f636cf9b-5283-47f3-a6e3-94e0a4937c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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