Scope
The consumption-tax sheet in Virginia Electric and Power Company's filed Virginia tariff states that, under Item 3-5.24 of the 2026 Special Session I budget bill, beginning September 2026 the company will collect and remit a monthly consumption tax of $0.011 per kWh on all electricity consumed by each Data Center Operator ("Data Center Electricity Consumption Tax"), effective for 1 July 2026 through 30 June 2028, and it prints the definition of data center and exclusions for government-owned data centers and construction power.
- Geographic scope
- Dominion Energy Virginia service territory, Virginia
- Jurisdiction
- Utility territory
- Authority type
- Utility
- Issuing authority
- Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia)
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- 1 July 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 30 June 2028
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The sheet states the tax applies for the period 1 July 2026 through and including 30 June 2028.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Dominion Energy Virginia's filed tariff includes a consumption-tax provision stating that, under the 2026 state budget, it will collect and remit a $0.011 per kWh Data Center Electricity Consumption Tax on electricity used by data center operators, beginning with September 2026 billing and applying to 1 July 2026 through 30 June 2028. Government-owned data centers and construction-period power are excluded. The budget item itself is not recorded here because its official page does not permit automated access.
What this does not establish
- Collection begins with September 2026 billing although the stated period starts 1 July 2026; how earlier months are handled was not established.
- Other Virginia utilities' collection sheets were not opened.
- This is the utility's collection instrument; the tax is imposed by budget Item 3-5.24, recorded separately.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net/-/media/content/rates-and-tariffs/pdfs/virginia/shared/entire-filed-tariff.pdf?rev=2ee751ab23e54d6cb2e852900f9255f1&hash=DDBCF74F0A8F30EE15D06FCBEBEEE536