Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1281: Electric utilities; retail competition.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1281 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utilities; retail competition. Primary sponsor: Travis Hackworth (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (8-Y 7-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Electric utilities; retail competition. Authorizes a customer who is a customer of a Phase I Utility that had a typical residential customer bill for a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month that exceeded 125 percent of the statewide average during the most recent calendar year to purchase electric energy from any supplier of electric energy licensed to sell retail electric energy within the Commonwealth. The bill also decreases the period that such a customer who switches from an investor-owned electric utility to a competing supplier is barred from returning as a customer of its utility from five years to 90 days.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Hackworth | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 5 |
| Todd Pillion | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 6 |
| Irene Shin | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 8 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (8-Y 7-N)
- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102425D