Virginia House Bill 2537

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Committee substitute printed 25107086D-S1
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality to develop model ordinances; work groups; reports. Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy are required to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045, and (ii) Dominion Energy shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 5,220 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. \"Long-duration energy storage\" and \"short-duration energy storage\" are defined in the bill. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2030. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the State Corporation Commission. The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to create model ordinances for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects and to convene a work group to develop such model ordinances and submit a report by December 1, 2025. The Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality are directed to convene a work group to develop recommendations and financial incentives related to the development of long-duration energy storage projects and submit a report by December 1, 2025. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to engage with PJM in reviewing market conditions related to energy storage resources and permits Dominion Energy to propose a partnership with institutions of higher education to deploy energy storage resources.

Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Phil Hernandez [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]
Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2025-02-10 - Senate - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) (Y: 8 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute printed 25107086D-S1
2025-02-10	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
2025-02-06	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2537)
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2025-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
2025-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2025-02-03	House	Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
2025-02-03	House	Read second time
2025-02-02	House	Read first time
2025-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 25105506D-H1
2025-01-30	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
2025-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
2025-01-24	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2025-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2025-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103827D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537/text/HB2537
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537/text/HB2537HC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537/text/HB2537H1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537/text/HB2537SC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2537/text/HB2537S1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1043168.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2537/20251/H14003V2511550
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2537/20251/H14V2512065
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2537/20251/2518514
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2537/20251/S02V1340