Virginia SB 267: Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy & SCC to conduct comprehensive analysis, report.

Bill Text

2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26102873D

SENATE BILL NO. 267

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 12, 2026

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

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Patron—VanValkenburg

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Energy (the Department), in consultation with 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 Department and the Commission shall complete their analyses and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2026.