Virginia State Corporation Commission

Address

1300 East Main Street, Tyler Building, Richmond, VA 23219

Phone

(804) 371-9608Fax (804) 371-9376

Website

scc.virginia.gov ↗

• Updated Nov 25, 2025

  PUR-2025-00058 · Electric · Closed

  Dominion Energy Virginia 2025 Biennial Review

  Dominion sought $822M in new annual revenue for 2026; SCC approved $565.7M — 31% below the request — plus a new data center rate class. Monthly bills rise $11.24 in 2026. Decision issued November 2025.

Utility landscape

• Dominion Energy Virginia IOU

  Northern, central, and eastern Virginia including Richmond, Norfolk, and Northern Virginia suburbs

  Subject to mandatory triennial integrated resource plan (IRP) reviews and biennial rate reviews under the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). Recent SCC proceedings have scrutinized offshore wind cost overruns for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project and challenged rider recovery mechanisms.

• Appalachian Power Company (AEP Virginia) IOU

  Southwest and western Virginia including Roanoke, Lynchburg, and New River Valley

  Faces ongoing rate pressure from coal plant retirement obligations and transmission cost allocations. The SCC has previously disallowed certain generation rider charges, and the utility has been pursuing incremental renewable additions to comply with VCEA mandates.

• Columbia Gas of Virginia (NiSource) IOU

  Scattered service areas across central and western Virginia

  Under regulatory scrutiny for pipeline replacement programs and safety-related capital expenditures. The SCC has evaluated rate rider mechanisms for infrastructure replacement plans amid broader policy debate over natural gas buildout versus decarbonization goals.

• Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) coop

  Northern Virginia exurban and rural areas including parts of Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties

  Operates under a separate rate-setting framework as a cooperative but coordinates with PJM and faces load growth pressures from hyperscale data center development in its territory. Less directly regulated by SCC for rates but subject to SCC jurisdiction for certain approvals.

• Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) coop

  Central and eastern Virginia rural areas spanning parts of 22 counties from the Blue Ridge to the Northern Neck

  Experiencing significant load growth from data center development near its territory boundaries. Active in distributed energy resource pilots and has sought SCC guidance on member solar interconnection backlogs driven by increased residential and commercial solar applications.

• City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities muni

  City of Richmond and limited adjacent areas for water and wastewater services

  Primarily subject to city council rate authority rather than SCC oversight for water and wastewater; electric functions largely handled through Dominion Energy. Faces EPA consent decree obligations for combined sewer overflow remediation driving significant capital investment and rate increases.

Key issues

• Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) cost recovery: SCC is scrutinizing Dominion Energy Virginia's requests to recover construction cost overruns on the 2.6 GW CVOW project through customer rate riders, with intervenors challenging whether excess costs above approved benchmarks are prudently incurred under VCEA cost cap provisions.
• VCEA compliance IRPs and generation mix transition: Both Dominion and Appalachian Power face mandatory SCC review of their integrated resource plans to demonstrate credible pathways to VCEA's 100% carbon-free generation targets by 2045/2050, including contentious coal retirement schedules and solar procurement timelines.
• Data center load growth and grid reliability: Unprecedented hyperscale data center development in Northern Virginia and expanding areas is straining transmission and distribution infrastructure, prompting SCC proceedings on expedited interconnection, cost allocation among large loads, and long-range transmission planning adequacy.
• Natural gas infrastructure moratorium debate: Virginia legislative and regulatory discussions continue regarding whether to restrict new gas distribution infrastructure investment given climate policy goals, creating regulatory uncertainty for Columbia Gas of Virginia's pipeline replacement and extension riders.
• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure cost allocation: SCC proceedings addressing utility-owned EV charging pilot programs and make-ready infrastructure proposals from Dominion, including disputes over whether such investments belong in rate base or should be competitively provided, consistent with emerging SCC policy guidance.

Upcoming

• 2026-09-15

  Estimated deadline for Dominion Energy Virginia to file its 2026 biennial rate review application with the SCC under Virginia Code § 56-585.1, triggering a full prudency review of earnings, capital expenditures, and ongoing CVOW rider cost recovery.

• 2026-10-20

  Estimated SCC evidentiary hearing on Appalachian Power Company's pending fuel adjustment clause and generation rider reconciliation case, with staff and consumer counsel intervenors expected to challenge prudency of certain wholesale power purchase costs.

• 2027-01-31

  Estimated deadline for Dominion Energy Virginia to file its triennial Integrated Resource Plan update under the VCEA, which must demonstrate VCEA-compliant resource additions through 2045 and will be subject to formal SCC proceeding with public hearings.

• 2027-03-01

  Estimated SCC order expected in consolidated proceeding examining data center interconnection cost allocation and Dominion Energy Virginia's proposed large-load transmission expansion rider, following staff report and public comment period anticipated in late 2026.