Virginia Regulators Order Data Centers to Pay for Their Own Transmission Lines After Spanberger Filing
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The Virginia State Corporation Commission ruled on August 5 that data centers must cover the full cost of transmission infrastructure built exclusively to serve them, after Governor Spanberger's administration filed with the commission on behalf of ratepayers. The state estimates hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for households and small businesses. Dominion Energy has more than 200 transmission projects underway to serve over 600 data centers — this is the second state in a week to break the pattern of socializing AI buildout costs.