2027 SESSION
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE
26107488D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1502
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
on February 11, 2026)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Guzman)
A BILL to direct the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a one-year study of all standby generators used by certain commercial facilities in the Commonwealth and explore ways to address the pollution from such generators; report.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) shall conduct a one - year study of all standby generators used by a commercial facility with an air permit in the Commonwealth , including a data center, as that term is defined in subdivision A 43 of § 58.1-3506 of the Code of Virginia . The study shall (i) identify commercial facilities with an air permit that use standby generator s , (ii) identify the type of pollutants emitted from such standby generator s , and (iii) analyze and describe the amount of pollutants from such standby generators . The Department shall report its findings and any recommendations to the Chair s of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by July 1, 2027.