SB1394
Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports.
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
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 25104704D
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106000D-S1
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1394)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/13/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25107097D-H1
- 02/17/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/18/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/18/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (55-Y 42-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1394)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1394ER)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1394)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's Recommendation
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB1394S2)
- 03/25/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB1394S2)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
