VA SB1021 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Vetoed on March 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-04-02 - Senate sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on March 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-04-02 - Senate sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. The bill (i) extends the planning timeframe from 15 to 20 years; (ii) requires Appalachian Power to file an IRP by removing an exception from the definition of "electric utility"; (iii) changes the frequency a utility is required to file an IRP from biennially to triennially; and (iv) requires utilities to consider the use of grid-enhancing technologies as alternatives to new transmission infrastructure, and when new transmission lines are envisioned, to provide the reasons grid-enhancing technologies are not sufficient to defer or eliminate the need for new transmission infrastructure.The bill requires that the current stakeholder review process for integrated resource plans be facilitated by a third-party facilitator selected by the State Corporation Commission and compensated by the utility. The bill requires, as part of the stakeholder review process, the utility to provide stakeholders with reasonable access to the same modeling software, modeling assumptions, modeling inputs, and data used by the utility to evaluate supply and demand resources in its integrated resource plan to enable stakeholders to create modeling scenarios for the utility's consideration during the development of its integrated resource plan.The bill requires the Commission to (a) establish guidelines that ensure that utilities develop comprehensive integrated resource plans and provide meaningful public engagement and maximum transparency during the planning process; (b) conduct a proceeding by July 1, 2026, and at least once every five years thereafter, to identify and review each of its existing orders relevant to integrated resource plans to determine if such orders remain necessary and effective and are not overly burdensome; and (c) to convene a work group to make recommendations on the required guidelines.Finally, the bill requires any petition to permit the construction and operation of electrical generating facilities filed by an electric utility that is required to file an integrated resource plan to (1) incorporate the intent to construct and operate such generating facilities or (2) if the utility's intent to construct and operate such generating facilities was not identified in the utility's most recently approved integrated resource plan, provide a detailed explanation of why the utility did not anticipate the need for such generating facilities.As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to HB 2413.
Title
Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, Phase I or Phase II files updated plans, etc.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-21 - House - Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 31-N) (Y: 65 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-02-21 - Senate - Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-20 - Senate - Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-19 - Senate - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2025-02-18 - House - Passed House with substitute (74-Y 23-N) (Y: 74 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-03 - Senate - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - Senate - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-21 - Senate - Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-20 - Senate - Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-19 - Senate - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2025-02-18 - House - Passed House with substitute (74-Y 23-N) (Y: 74 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-03 - Senate - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - Senate - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-03-24 | Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1021) |
| 2025-03-11 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 | |
| 2025-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2025-03-07 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1021ER) |
| 2025-03-07 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2025-02-21 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2025-02-21 | House | Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 31-N) |
| 2025-02-21 | Senate | Conference substitute printed 25107895D-S2 |
| 2025-02-21 | Amended by conference committee | |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Delegates: Mundon King, Herring, Wyatt |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Conferees appointed by House |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senators: Surovell, Deeds, Obenshain |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-20 | House | House requested conference committee |
| 2025-02-20 | House | House insisted on substitute |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Passed House with substitute (74-Y 23-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Read third time |
| 2025-02-17 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1021) |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Committee substitute printed 25107446D-H1 |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Printed as engrossed 25105999D-ES1 |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Reading of amendment waived |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N) |
| 2025-01-27 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 25105999D-S1 |
| 2025-01-24 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2025-01-24 | Senate | Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1021) |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101256D |
