HB 503 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Summary
Electric utilities; cost recovery; costs substantially related to serving data center customers. Prohibits the recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility that (i) are substantially related to the provision of electric service to data center customers and (ii) would not have been incurred but for the demand of such data center customers from being included in any rates or charges approved by the State Corporation Commission under current law, unless such rates and charges are designed to recover, or substantially recover, such costs solely from data center customers. Under the bill, "data center customers" are data centers with a peak demand of 100 megawatts or greater.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Feb 12, 2026
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Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
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Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
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