Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has directed Dominion Energy to return this fall with proposed changes that could shift more transmission infrastructure costs to data centers and other large electricity users, The Center Square reported. The July 31 final order gives the company 90 days to file amendments to its line-extension policy and 120 days to update regulators on a broader approach for assigning those costs when large-load customers drive the need for new grid infrastructure.
The directives were issued as part of Dominion’s annual Rider T1 transmission cost recovery case, with approved rates set to take effect Sept. 1. First-year Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger called the decision a victory for ratepayers, saying it ensures data centers pay the full cost of the transmission infrastructure their developments require—an issue of particular local importance given Northern Virginia’s dense concentration of data centers and the potential impact on residential electric bills.
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