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Virginia state legislation

• ApprovalVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2025-00058 - Dominion Energy Virginia 2025 Biennial Review (GS-5 rate class)scc.virginia.govDownloadFinal order issued Nov 2025 -- created a new GS-5 rate class for customers ≥25MW (mostly data centers), effective Jan 2027, requiring 14-year contracts and minimum-take provisions.
• ApprovalVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2025-00057 - Appalachian Power Large Power Service Tariff Revisionscc.virginia.govDownloadFiled March 2025; final order approving revised Schedule L.P.S. (14-year contracts, up to 4-year ramp) issued June 2026 -- APCo's counterpart to Dominion's GS-5 case.
• ApprovalVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2024-00032 - Dominion Aspen-Golden Transmission Project (Loudoun County)scc.virginia.govDownloadNew 500/230kV substations serving Loudoun County's "Data Center Alley." SCC approved Feb 2025; Virginia Supreme Court affirmed Feb 2026.
• LegislationHB153 - Data centers; site assessment, sound profile on residential units and schools within 500 feetdatacenterbans.comDownloadRequires site assessment and sound-profile review for data centers near residential units and schools within 500 feet.
• LegislationHB706 - Minimum requirements for data center customersdatacenterbans.comDownloadImposes minimum requirements on data center customers in the state.
• LegislationHB3565 - Income tax credits for data centers in opportunity zonesdatacenterbans.comDownloadProvides income tax credits for data centers located in opportunity zones or owned by minority, women, or disabled businesses.
• LegislationH1517 - Approval of Data Center Facilitiesdatacenterbans.comDownloadGoverns the approval process for data center facilities.
• LegislationSB 94fas.orgDownloadVirginia bill requiring noise and community site assessments for data center facilities of 100+ MW.
• LegislationH1002 - Rate Payer Protection Act (Data Center Planning Commission)datacenterbans.comDownloadCreates a Data Center Planning Commission as part of ratepayer protection measures.
• LegislationHB559 - High-technology data center equipment tax exemption sunset revisiondatacenterbans.comDownloadRevises the sunset date for sales/use tax exemption on certain high-technology data center equipment.
• LegislationHB 507fas.orgDownloadVirginia bill imposing a Tier-4-equivalent emissions standard on data center backup generators.
• LegislationSB336 - SCC evaluation of generator tier requirements for data centersdatacenterbans.comDownloadDirects the State Corporation Commission to evaluate requiring data centers to limit Tier 2 generators in favor of Tier 4 equivalents.
• OrdinanceData Centers Zoning Amendment ZO 112.1-2024-9 & ZO 112.2-2024-8fairfaxcounty.govDownloadFairfax County zoning amendment requiring special use permits for data centers, enacted September 10, 2024.
• OrdinancePhase 2 Data Center Standards & Locationsloudoun.govDownloadLoudoun County Phase 2 zoning amendment on data center standards and locations, in progress since September 16, 2025.
• OrdinancePhase 1 Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Amendment (CPAM-2024-0001 & ZOAM-2024-0001)loudoun.govDownloadLoudoun County Phase 1 data center siting standards, enacted March 18, 2025.
• DocumentVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2024-00144 - Ex Parte: Electric Utilities and Data Center Load Growthscc.virginia.govDownloadCommissioner-led technical conferences (Dec 2024, Dec 2025) on frameworks for serving hyperscale/large-load customers, cost allocation, and co-located generation -- fed directly into the GS-5 and Rider T-1 decisions.
• DocumentVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2026-00056 - Dominion Rider T-1 Transmission Cost Allocationscc.virginia.govDownloadSCC ruled July 2026 Dominion must develop a mandatory contribution-in-aid-of-construction tariff shifting transmission costs onto data centers. Named intervenors: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Stack Infrastructure.
• DocumentVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2026-00044 - Appalachian Power 2026 Biennial Reviewscc.virginia.govDownloadFiled May 2026, hearing Oct 2026. APCo testimony describes 36 potential large-load customers seeking ~25,000MW combined. Named tenants: Google (Botetourt County), Stack Infrastructure (Pittsylvania County), TAC Data Centers and Fluidstack/Solis Arx (Wythe County).
• DocumentVirginia SCC Case No. PUR-2024-00184 - Dominion 2024 IRP Supplement (Data Center Load Growth)scc.virginia.govDownloadSCC ordered Oct 2024 supplement requiring Dominion to identify which transmission projects are primarily driven by data-center load growth; forecasts ~9GW peak demand growth within 10 years.
• LegislationHB1132 - Data center tax revenue; creates local residential renewable energy incentive program.legiscan.comCarried over Feb 11, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB503 - Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.legiscan.comCarried over Feb 12, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationSB553 - Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.legiscan.comActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0896) Apr 13, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationSB466 - Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.legiscan.comCarried over Feb 12, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB511 - Data centers; industrial zoning.legiscan.comIncorporated by Counties, Cities and… Jan 23, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationSB552 - Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.legiscan.comFailed Feb 2, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationSB130 - Data centers; site assessment, definition of high energy use facility.legiscan.comIncorporated by Finance and… Feb 3, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB496 - Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.legiscan.comActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) Apr 13, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB784 - RS and UT; commercial and industrial exemptions, disclosure of data center operator exemption.legiscan.comIncorporated by Finance… Feb 11, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB897 - Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, delayed effective date.legiscan.comIn committee Mar 3, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• LegislationHB591 - Data centers; policy of the Commonwealth.legiscan.comCarried over Mar 9, 2026DownloadDescription coming
• MoratoriumHB1515 - Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.legiscan.comCarried over Feb 6, 2026DownloadDescription coming