HB2537
Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
Chief Patron:
Rip Sullivan (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 Virginia 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 ... (More) 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 Virginia 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 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 Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103827D
- 01/09/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/24/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105506D-H1
- 02/02/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/06/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2537)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107086D-S1
- 02/17/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2537)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (56-Y 40-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2537ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2537)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB2537H2)
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's Recommendation
- 04/02/2025 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (47-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
