Virginia Regulators Order Dominion Energy to Directly Assign Transmission Costs to Data Centers

Dominion ordered to directly assign some transmission costs to data centers

The Virginia State Corporation Commission said it may use an upcoming docket to weigh whether this policy “could or should” also apply to more upstream transmission costs.

Virginia data center boom pushes Dominion deeper into costly power market

By Tim McLaughlin Aug 11 (Reuters) - Dominion's fuel costs in Virginia have risen nearly 90% in five years as data-center-driven demand leaves the utility increasingly exposed to volatile wholesale electricity prices. The surge in fuel costs in Virgini...

Make facilities pay their own way

Virginia has moved further than most states toward making large data centers pay more of the costs they create. The commonwealth now has a separate large-load rate class, a temporary electricity-consumption tax, and a governor pressing regulators to assign transmission…

Virginia's AI boom quietly drained the entire regional electricity grid

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Virginia regulators order Dominion Energy to directly assign transmission costs to data centers

Follows growing scrutiny from state regulators

SCC order moves costs to data centers - The Farmville Herald

More of the cost to build the high-voltage transmission lines that serve as power highways across the state could soon be covered by data centers, after a recent decision by state regulators.  The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has ordered Dominion Energy to develop a policy to directly assign the cost of transmission infrastructure to data centers and other large-load users that connect to the facilities, “with the goal of finding an accept…