HB 395 — Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation.
VA 20261 session
Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices; local regulation; installation by tenants; consumer protection. Prevents a locality from prohibiting the use of a small portable solar generation device, as defined in the bill, on a residential structure, provided that certain requirements are met. The bill includes provisions related to the installation of small portable solar generation devices by tenants and prevents landlords from prohibiting such installation in certain circumstances. Under the bill, small portable solar generation devices are excluded from the provisions of net metering programs applicable to eligible agricultural customer-generators, eligible customer-generators, or small agricultural generating facilities. The bill also permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, provided that certain requirements are met. The bill prohibits an investor-owned utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative from imposing interconnection requirements, charging any fee related to the device, or requiring that the customer obtain the utility's approval before installing or using the device. Under the bill, no electric utility, municipal utility, electric cooperative shall be liable for damage or injury caused by a small portable solar generation device. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to develop and publish a notification form for a customer of an electric utility or cooperative to install a small portable solar generation device and directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, or his designee, to convene a work group to evaluate and develop recommendations regarding the safety standards and requirements applicable to small portable solar generation devices. Certain provisions of the bill become effective on January 1, 2027. This bill incorporates HB 289 and HB 928 and is identical to SB 250.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (8)
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores Oates (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul E. Krizek (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Delores Oates (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no