Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 137: Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 137 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 5, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Commerce and Labor.
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.
Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission; energy policy of the Commonwealth. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the Commonwealth implements the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law, at the lowest reasonable cost, taking into account all cost-effective demand-side management options and the security and reliability benefits of the regional transmission entity that each incumbent electric utility has joined. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that plans, petitions, or proposals from utilities that do not ensure such implementation at the lowest reasonable cost are not in the public interest.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Carroll Foy | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 33 |
| Lee Ware | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 72 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Commerce and Labor
- Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Impact statement from SCC (SB137)
- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103478D