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Dominion ordered to directly assign some transmission costs to data centers

The Virginia State Corporation Commission said it may use an upcoming docket to weigh whether this policy “could or should” also apply to more upstream transmission costs.

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The Virginia State Corporation Commission said it may use an upcoming docket to weigh whether this policy “could or should” also apply to more upstream transmission costs. “At the extremes, this minimum demand adjustment decreases the residential class’s allocation factor by 2.84% and increases the GS-4 rate class’s allocation factor by 4.33%,” the SCC wrote in its order. Dominion’s GS-4 rate class applies to large commercial or industrial customers that demand at least 500 kW and receive power directly from the grid.

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