Virginia Bill Would Put More Energy Costs on Data Centers, Slash Rates for Residents

Virginia bill would put more energy costs on data centers, slash rates for residents

Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, on Monday introduced an amendment to her Senate Bill 253, which would levy more energy costs onto data centers served by Dominion Energy and less on residential customers, a move the utility, state regulators and lawmakers say would immediately drop residential bills by about $5.50 per month. Related stories New study suggests the rapid construction of data centers will drive up energy b…

Bill would put more energy costs on data centers, slash rates residential customers

Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury) Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, on Monday introduced an amendment to her Senate Bill 253, which would levy more energy costs onto data centers served by Dominion Energy and less on residential customers, a move the utility, state regulators and lawmakers say would immediately drop...

Virginia bill aims to cut residential energy costs by shifting expenses to data centers

If passed, the costs for data centers would sharply increase to roughly 16%, whereas residential and non-high usage customers would drop from 3.5% to 3%.

Bill would put more energy costs on data centers, slash residential customers’ rates

Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, on Monday introduced an amendment to her Senate Bill 253, which would levy more energy costs onto data centers served by Dominion Energy and less

Bill to cut most power bills, raise data centers'

RICHMOND — New legislation could shift hundreds of millions of dollars of Virginia's soaring electricity costs to data centers from the residential customers who are currently on the hook for them.

Lucas proposes data centers pay more to lower Dominion customers’ bills

A Senate committee on Monday advanced a bill intended to have Dominion Energy data center customers pick up certain costs in order to lower monthly electric bills for the utility’s other customers. Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth. Photo by Bob Brown. The bill, which Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, presented as a substitute to her SB 253, would allow the State Corporation Commission to decide if Dominion’s biggest users of electricity, primaril…