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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 658: State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 658 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Primary sponsor: Michelle Lopes Maldonado. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Left in Labor and Commerce.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2028.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
John Chilton McAuliffCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Mike WebertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Labor and Commerce
  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 2-N)
  3. House subcommittee offered
  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB658)
  5. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
  6. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104557D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source