"Glaring Subsidization": Virginia Questions Cost Allocation For Data Centers

"Glaring Subsidization": Virginia Questions Cost Allocation For Data Centers By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office, Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others weighed in on Dominion Energy’s proposal for allocating the cost of transmission projects driven by data center development at a hearing held by the Virginia State Corporation Commission on Tuesday. Louise White, Spanberger’s deputy energy officer, said that the governor’s office wants the SCC to apply three solutions in the case: a “but for” cost causation standard; requiring transmission level-contributions in aid of construction, or CIAC, payments;...