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HB 893 VA
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Electric utility integrated resource planning; energy storage resources.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Apr 13, 2026) Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/2026)

Summary

Electric utility integrated resource planning; energy storage resources. Requires Dominion Energy, as part of its integrated resource plan, to assess the use of energy storage resources through appropriate modeling that accounts for economic charge and discharge times and represents various economic scenarios. The bill also requires systematic evaluation of and permits proposing investments in energy storage resources in the integrated resource plan.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (32)

  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103961D · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
  3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
  4. Jan 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB893) · lower
  5. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) · lower
  7. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
  8. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107030D-H1 · lower
  9. Feb 9, 2026 Read first time · lower
  10. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · lower
  11. Feb 10, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  12. Feb 10, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  13. Feb 11, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
  14. Feb 11, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
  15. Feb 11, 2026 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
  16. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  17. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
  18. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB893) · lower
  19. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 5-N) · upper
  20. Mar 4, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  21. Mar 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  22. Mar 4, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  23. Mar 5, 2026 Read third time · upper
  24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
  25. Mar 12, 2026 Enrolled · lower
  26. Mar 12, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB893ER) · lower
  27. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
  28. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by President · upper
  29. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
  30. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
  31. Apr 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB893) · lower
  32. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

Text versions (10)

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.

  • Enrolled · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
  • Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
  • Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
  • Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
  • Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
  • Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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