Virginia 2027 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 339 — SCC; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities, definitions.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 13, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House of Delegates.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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In plain language

The bill requires a review of electric utility cost allocations for different customer classes.

This legislation directs the State Corporation Commission to assess whether non-high-load customers are unfairly subsidizing costs associated with high-load customers for certain electric utilities. The review focuses on transmission, generation, and distribution costs.

What this means for you
  • Consumers: This means consumers may benefit from a more equitable distribution of electric utility costs.

Summary

State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not high-load customers, as defined in the bill, to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving high-load customers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not high-load customers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving high-load customers by January 1, 2028.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

44 added · 39 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes in Bill SB 339 clarify how transmission costs are allocated among different types of electric utility customers. The updated bill specifies that high-load customers should not have their costs subsidized by other customers, and it emphasizes the need for the commission to explore new cost allocation methods. This matters because it aims to ensure a fairer distribution of costs, meaning lower bills for non-high-load customers while still addressing the needs of those who consume more electricity.

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OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/12/2026 + + + + + + + + SENATE BILL NO.
OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 3/03/2026 + + + + + + + + SENATE BILL NO.
339 + + AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE + (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor + + + on ________________) + + (Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Perry) + A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities.
339 + + AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE + (Proposed by the House Committee on Labor and Commerce + + + on ________________) + + (Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Perry) + A BILL to direct the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities.
The State Corporation Commission (the Commission) shall initiate a proceeding to determine if current and proposed allocations of transmission costs among different customer classifications of service for Phase I and Phase II Utilities, or the allocations of transmission costs to any retail customers or electric service providers receiving transmission service from a Phase I or Phase II Utility, require customers that are not high-load customers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are high-load customers.
The State Corporation Commission (the Commission) shall initiate a proceeding to determine if current and proposed allocations of transmission costs among different customer classifications of service for Phase I and Phase II Utilities, or the allocations of transmission costs to an electric utility or customers of an electric utility receiving transmission service from a Phase I Utility or Phase II Utility, require customers that are not high-load customers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are high-load customers.
In conducting such proceeding, the Commission shall ensure to the maximum extent possible that the costs of any transmission projects that are designed, constructed, or operated solely or primarily to serve high-load customers are not recovered from any other customers of the Phase I or Phase II Utility.
In conducting such proceeding, the Commission shall ensure to the maximum extent possible that the costs of any transmission projects that are designed, constructed, or operated solely or primarily to serve high-load customers are not recovered from any other customers of the Phase I Utility or Phase II Utility.
The Commission may comply with the requirements of this section by incorporating the provisions of this section in an ongoing proceeding for a Phase I or Phase II Utility.
The Commission may comply with the requirements of this section by incorporating the provisions of this section in an ongoing proceeding for a Phase I Utility or Phase II Utility.
The Commission may order any changes to the Phase II Utility's cost allocation structure that the Commission determines to be appropriate to allocate costs appropriately among high-load customers and other customers of the Phase II Utility.
The Commission may order any changes to the Phase II Utility's cost allocation structure that the Commission determines to be appropriate DRAFT OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 3/03/2026 to allocate costs appropriately among high-load customers and other customers of the Phase II Utility.
The DRAFT OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/12/2026 Commission shall complete such proceedings by January 1, 2028.
The Commission shall complete such proceedings by January 1, 2028.
"High-load customer" means a customer of a Phase I or Phase II Utility that takes service under such utility's commercial or industrial rate schedule and contracts for an electric demand of 25 megawatts or greater.
"High-load customer" means a retail electric service customer of a Phase I Utility or Phase II Utility that (i) takes service under such utility's commercial or industrial rate schedule;
(ii) contracts for an electric demand of 25 megawatts or greater and an anticipated or measured average annual electric load factor of 75 percent or greater;
and (iii) as of January 1, 2026, did not maintain a full-time equivalent employment workforce of at least 200 individuals engaged in manufacturing or industrial activities at a facility located within the service territory of a Phase I Utility, a Phase II Utility, or an electric cooperative organized under Article 1 (§ 56-231.15 et seq.) of Chapter 9.1 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia.
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Action History

  1. Continued from last session

  2. Continued to next session in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)

  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB339)

  6. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  7. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  8. Read first time

  9. Placed on Calendar

  10. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  11. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  12. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  13. Read second time

  14. Passed by for the day

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Rules suspended

  17. Committee substitute printed 26107935D-S1

  18. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 1-N)

  19. Senate committee offered

  20. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB339)

  21. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  22. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104824D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 339 do?
State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not high-load customers, as defined in the bill, to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving high-load customers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not high-load customers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving high-load customers by January 1, 2028.
Who sponsors SB 339?
SB 339 is sponsored by Russet Perry.
What is the current status of SB 339?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 13, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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