SB 191

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 08, 2024
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes.

Abstract

Electric utilities; data center demand; allocation of costs among customer classes. Directs the State Corporation Commission to ensure that any plan, petition, or proposal from a utility to meet demand associated with data centers considers generation, transmission, and distribution system costs so as to meet such demand at the lowest aggregate reasonable cost. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding, on or before December 31, 2024, (i) to determine if the current allocation of costs among customers and the different classifications of customers of electric utilities results in customers that are data centers receiving unreasonable subsidies from other customers or classifications of customers and (ii) if it determines unreasonable subsidies exist, to amend such allocation of costs.

A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to ensure consideration of certain costs and to determine if unreasonable subsidies exist regarding data centers. 24104712D

Bill Sponsors (4)

Votes


Actions


Nov 18, 2024

Senate

Left in Commerce and Labor

Feb 05, 2024

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Senate

Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

Jan 26, 2024

Senate

Rereferred to Commerce and Labor

Senate

Rereferred from Rules (15-Y 0-N)

Jan 25, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from SCC (SB191)

Jan 08, 2024

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104712D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Rules

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Impact statement from SCC (SB191) PDF

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