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

The State Corporation Commission (SCC) is considering requiring data centers to cover costs of transmission lines they exclusively use, as part of Dominion Energy's case to recover $1.5 billion in grid expansion costs. Governor Abigail Spanberger’s administration and consumer advocates argue high-load customers should pay for infrastructure they trigger, while data centers and Microsoft contend they already pay allocated costs legally. Dominion revised projected rate impacts for households multiple times.