SB 619 VA

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Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities. Prohibits any person from operating a high-load facility, defined in the bill as a facility whose electricity demand exceeds 90 megawatts that was not operating before January 1, 2027, without first having obtained a certificate of operation from the State Corporation Commission. The bill includes factors for the Commission to consider in reviewing a petition to operate a high-load facility. The bill establishes a presumption that a high-load facility shall be considered to have met certain requirements if the high-load facility has secured sufficient contracts for energy storage resources or zero-carbon electric generating resources or that the high-load facility has a plan to implement sufficient demand reduction measures. The bill also requires the Commission to consider certain factors in a review of a petition for a certificate to operate a high-load facility, including whether there is sufficient energy, capacity, and grid infrastructure to support the operation of the high-load facility and whether the operation of the high-load facility would create an unreasonable cross-subsidy across customers served by the incumbent electric utility.

• Kannan Srinivasan Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103512D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619) · upper
4. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619) · upper
5. Feb 9, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 20, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 20, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 20, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
18. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB619) · upper
19. Feb 24, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
20. Mar 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
21. Mar 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N) · lower
22. Mar 10, 2026 Left in Labor and Commerce · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML