As the 2021 General Assembly session begins, lawmakers are set to consider a slate of bills that aim to reform Virginiaâs system of electric utility regulation with the goal of bringing down customer bills.
âThis work is an extension of the work we did last session to commit Virginia to massive clean energy investments,â said Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville). âThereâs two pieces going on here: Thereâs confronting climate change and investing in clean energy. And then thereâs doing it at a fair price.â
More than a dozen legislators, largely from the House of Delegates but drawing on both sides of the aisle, are behind the push, which builds on a smaller handful of proposals put before the General Assembly in 2020.