Should Dominion Customers Pay to Power Northern Virginia Data Centers? State Regulatory Hearing Could Change the Answer.

Should Dominion customers pay to power Northern Virginia data centers? State regulatory hearing could change the answer.

Virginia SCC weighs Dominion data center transmission cost allocation

“Regardless of the cost allocation methodology that is chosen, there remains a glaring cross-class subsidization occurring to the benefit of new [large load] customers,” said State Corporation Commission attorney Andrew Major.

SCC considers making data centers shoulder more of the cost of transmission lines

Transmission lines for a data center in Prince William County, VA. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury)Consumer advocates have joined Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s administration to argue that high-load customers like data centers should pay for the high-voltage lines that solely serve them, a stance now playing out as part of Dominion Energy’s case with state regulators to determine how power line costs should impact customers’ utility rates. …