Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to reduce heating-related costs of living for low-income residents by requiring certain electric utilities to provide energy efficiency upgrades; report.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to reduce, wherever feasible and cost-effective, heating-related costs of living for low-income residents. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to make best, reasonable efforts to provide by December 31, 2031, prescriptive efficiency measures, as defined in the bill, and related efficiency improvements to at least 30 percent of the
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Where it is
Introduced · Dec 17, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter 985 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kannan SrinivasanSaddam Azlan SalimKelly K. Convirs-FowlerAtoosa R. ReaserIrene Shin
Recorded votes
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 33-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-04-22 · P · Y 65, N 33, X 2
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-04-22 · P · Y 21, N 18, X 1
Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 64, N 34, X 1
Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 16, N 5, X 1
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 35, X 5
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)Senate · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 9, N 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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