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SB104 • 2026

Electric utilities; customer bill requirements, rate adjustment clauses.

<p class=ldtitle>A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-245.1:5, relating to electric utilities; customer bill requirements; rate adjustment clauses.</p>

Energy
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Stanley
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Failed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and text do not specify a start date for when these requirements will be implemented.

Electric Bill Information for Customers

This law requires Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to list rate adjustment clauses and corresponding amounts due on each customer's bill and maintain related information on their public websites.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to list all applicable rate adjustment clauses on each customer's bill.
  • Includes the amount due for each rate adjustment clause on the bill.
  • Adds a requirement for these utilities to keep detailed information about rate adjustments on their publicly accessible websites.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Electricity customers of Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia
  • Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia

Terms To Know

Rate adjustment clauses
Rules that allow electric companies to change rates based on certain conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when the requirements will start.
  • It only applies to two specific electricity providers in Virginia.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SB104ASC1

2026-02-12 • Committee

Commerce and Labor Amendment

Plain English: This amendment changes a bill about how electric companies must show information on bills by removing specific words and adding new rules for different types of customers.

  • Removes the word 'applicable' from the original text.
  • Removes the word 'residential' from the original text.
  • Adds a new rule that requires disclosure requirements to apply to all retail electric customers, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes.
  • The exact impact of removing specific words without context might be unclear.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 Commerce and Labor

    Failed to report from Commerce and Labor with amendments (6-Y 9-N)

  2. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Senate committee offered

  3. 2026-01-19 Senate

    Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB104)

  4. 2025-12-31 Senate

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102114D

  5. 2025-12-31 Commerce and Labor

    Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Official Summary Text

Electric utilities; customer bill requirements; rate adjustment clauses.
Requires Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to provide a list on each residential customer bill of each rate adjustment clause applicable to such bill and the corresponding amount due as a result of such rate adjustment clause. The bill requires each utility to maintain on its publicly accessible website certain additional information relating to rate adjustment clauses.

Current Bill Text

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SB 104

COMMERCE AND LABOR

1. Line 14, introduced, after
of each

strike

applicable

COMMERCE AND LABOR

2. Line 19, introduced, after
to

strike

residential

COMMERCE AND LABOR

3. Line 21, introduced, after
form.

insert

The disclosure requirements of this section shall apply to all retail electric customers, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes.