Virginia

100% renewable energy for Phase II Utilities by 2045 | 100% for Phase I Utilities by 2050

The state has a target to develop energy resources necessary to produce 30% of Virginia's electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 and 100% of Virginia's electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040.

Virginia does not allow local munipalities to ban solar community-wide solar installations above 1 megawatt.

Virginia received a C grade from Freeing the Grid.

Electric utilities must include an assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and advanced conductors in their integrated resource plans (IRPs), or a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in the IRP.

The State Corporation Commission (SCC) must consider the use of GETs (namely, advanced conductors) when evaluating applications for constructing transmission lines of 138 kilovolts or more, to improve the reliability and efficiency of the state’s transmission network.

The Department of Energy, in consultation with the SCC and utilities, most identify cost-saving opportunities to improve or preserve grid reliability, focused on zero-carbon electric generation, energy storage, and transmission upgrades, including ATTs and GETs. The analysis is due December 1, 2026.

The state must prioritize siting new electric transmission projects in existing utility and highway corridors over new corridors. The Department of Transportation must convene a working group to develop recommendations to expedite the siting of new transmission infrastructure in existing state highway rights-of-way by November 1, 2026.

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

Virginia has an active community choice aggregation program.

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

3,100 megawatts (MW) of energy storage capacity by 2035 from the state's two investor-owned utilities (2,700 MW for Dominion and 400 MW for Appalachian Power Company). Appalachian Power is required to construct to 780 MW of short term storage capacity by 2040 and 520 MW of long term capacity by 2045. Dominion Energy is required to construct 16,000 MW of short term capacity storage by 2040 and 4,000 MW of long term storage by 2045. 10% of projects must be deployed behind the meter, and 35% of capacity must be owned by non-utility entities.

Requires 100% renewable energy by 2045 or 2050, depending on the type of electric utility, and does not include energy derived from coal in its definition of renewable electricity.