VA SB510

Establishes the Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center as an interdisciplinary resource for individuals, businesses, and government entities on energy technologies, facility siting, permitting, interconnection procedures, and utility coordination.

Creates an 18-member board of directors composed of presidents or designees from 14 Virginia public universities, plus representatives from the Department of Energy, Department of Environmental Quality, and Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.

Requires the Center to provide technical assistance on energy facility siting, permitting processes, project design, grid infrastructure, and environmental impacts, including helping planning district commissions develop comprehensive energy plans.

Mandates annual evaluations of interconnection requests and procedures in Virginia, covering facility siting, permitting, resource development, financing, economic development impacts, and supply chains.

Requires the Center to submit annual reports to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation by November 1 summarizing research activities and detailing all funding sources and amounts received.