# Virginia HB1672: Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates.

Virginia HB1672, Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Michael J. Jones (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-05 (Left in Labor and Commerce) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1672
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Last action: 2025-02-05, Left in Labor and Commerce
- Sponsor: Michael J. Jones (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Labor and Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates. Requires competitive service providers, as defined in the bill, to serve 100 percent of their customers' energy and capacity needs from electric generating units located within the PJM transmission region. Under the bill, a competitive service provider must ensure that 100 percent of its customers' energy is either zero-carbon electricity or matched with zero-carbon electricity or renewable energy certificates. A certain percentage of a retail customer's annual load must be matched with renewable energy certificates from within the PJM transmission region. The bill allows certain retail customers to be exempt from non-bypassable charges associated with the renewable energy portfolio standard. The bill also requires the State Corporation Commission to promulgate rules as necessary to ensure that the provisions of the bill do not create an unreasonable shifting of costs to nonparticipating customers and to ensure that in all integrated resource plans and cost recovery proceedings no incumbent electric utility is improperly incorporating the loads of retail electric customers into its forecasts or load projections.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael J. Jones (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-02-05: Left in Labor and Commerce (House)
- 2025-01-30: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-29: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4 (House)
- 2025-01-18: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1672) (House)
- 2025-01-10: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2025-01-03: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce (House)
- 2025-01-03: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102446D (House)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035759.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035758.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012563.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012562.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035759.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035758.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012563.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012562.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1672-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).