2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26103432D

HOUSE BILL NO. 114

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 2, 2026

A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure.

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Patrons—Ware and Sullivan

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Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The State Corporation Commission (the Commission) shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities that improve or preserve electric system reliability as an alternative or supplement to greenfield infrastructure projects. Such analysis shall include potential electric generation unit upgrades, grid enhancing technologies, and high-performance conductors. The Commission shall also analyze whether there are or could be any potential voluntary regulatory pathways by which large load customers could directly finance such alternatives as a condition of accelerated interconnection. The Commission shall complete its analysis and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2027.