SB 467 — High load facilities; impact assessments.
VA 20261 session
High load facilities; impact assessments. Prohibits a governing body or board of zoning appeals from issuing final approval for any special exception, special use permit, variance, rezoning application, or other land disturbing permit, including building permits and erosion and sediment control permits, for a high load facility, defined in the bill, until the applicant submits a finding of no impact or minimal impact issued by the State Corporation Commission. The bill provides that upon request by the owner or operator of a high load facility, the Commission will assess whether the high load facility will have a material adverse impact upon the incumbent electric utility's ability to (i) to maintain electric grid reliability, (ii) avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or (iii) meet certain statutory requirements.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (1)
- R. Creigh Deeds (D, VA) — sponsor
Action timeline (4)
- · senate · S4020 —
- · senate · S0201 —
- · senate · S8500 —
- · senate · S0240 —
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| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Commerce and Labor | — | va-leg |
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| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. Creigh Deeds (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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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
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Commerce and Labor · va-leg