SB 508 — Electric utilities; comprehensive assessments, surplus interconnection service.
VA 20261 session
Electric utilities; surplus interconnection service sites. Directs Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to undertake a comprehensive assessment of available interconnection capacity at each such utility's existing and planned intermittent electric generation facilities located in the Commonwealth. The bill directs such utilities to establish pilot programs for energy storage resources and solar generation facilities that utilize surplus interconnection service, as defined in the bill, including a request for proposals. The bill requires such utilities to submit the results of such requests for proposals as part of their 2027 plans and petitions for approval for the development of new solar and onshore wind generation capacity, which plans are required under existing law. This bill is identical to HB 1065.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (4)
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, VA) — sponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (40)
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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 | Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Lamont Bagby (D, state_upper 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