Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia SB508: An Act to direct certain electric utilities to undertake comprehensive assessments and establish pilot programs related to surplus interconnection service; report.
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An Act to direct certain electric utilities to undertake comprehensive assessments and establish pilot programs related to surplus interconnection service; report. [S 508] Approved April 22, 2026 § 2. That a Phase I Utility shall establish a pilot program with a capacity of up to 100 megawatts and a Phase II Utility shall establish a pilot program with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts for energy storage resources and solar generation facilities, to the extent the Commission finds solar generation facilities to be practicable, that utilize surplus interconnection service and, as part of such p.
From the enrolled text, April 22, 2026:
An Act to direct certain electric utilities to undertake comprehensive assessments and establish pilot programs related to surplus interconnection service; report. [S 508] Approved April 22, 2026 § 2. That a Phase I Utility shall establish a pilot program with a capacity of up to 100 megawatts and a Phase II Utility shall establish a pilot program with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts for energy storage resources and solar generation facilities, to the extent the Commission finds solar generation facilities to be practicable, that utilize surplus interconnection service and, as part of such pilot programs, evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness, and reliability benefits of such resources and facilities utilizing surplus interconnection service. As part of such pilot programs, the Commission shall approve an independent auditor to participate in the formulation of a request for proposals, including by formulating criteria for the request for proposals and reviewing results for energy storage resources and solar generation facilities to utilize surplus interconnection service, no later than March 1, 2027. Such request for proposals shall include proposals for (i) power purchase agreement projects that seek to utilize an existing point of interconnection of a Phase I or Phase II Utility for surplus interconnection service under an additional energy storage resource system tolling agreement and (ii) projects located adjacent to a utility-owned solar generation …