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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 500: Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors.

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

SB 500 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democratic). 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; integrated resource plans; grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Requires an electric utility to include in an integrated resource plan a comprehensive assessment of the application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors, as those terms are defined in the bill, and, if applicable, to include in such plan a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in such plan.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer Carroll FoyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33

“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 Commerce and Labor
  2. Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
  3. Impact statement from SCC (SB500)
  4. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105072D

Sources

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