+$8a month
Dominion Energy Virginia, Virginia
Data center cost allocation and transmission rider
Approved Rider or surcharge, docket PUR-2026-00056 before the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
+$0.94a month
on a typical bill, as approved
As published by the utility or the commission.
Fileddate not published
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionAug 1, 2026
On billsdate not published
The commission reallocated the cost of substations and transmission lines built specifically to serve data centers. The rider as filed would have added about 2.90 dollars a month to a 1,000 kWh residential bill; the revised allocation cut that to about 0.94 dollars. The commission also ordered Dominion to file a formal tariff within 90 days governing who pays for direct-connect infrastructure going forward.
What it means for your bill: This is a structural change in who pays for data center grid buildout rather than a simple rate increase. The new GS-5 class and the direct-connect tariff are both designed to keep those costs on the data centers.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Commission
- Virginia State Corporation Commission
- Docket
- PUR-2026-00056
- Typical bill change
- +$0.94 a month
- Decided
- August 1, 2026
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load.
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Sources
- SCC orders Dominion to develop tariff to assign more transmission costs to data centers, Virginia Mercury, 2026-08-05
- Virginia Energy Regulatory Updates (June 2026), ReisingerGooch, 2026-06-01
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