On October 15, 2025, Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) filed a petition for approval of its 2025 renewable portfolio standard (“RPS”) Development Plan. Dominion also requests approval of new solar and storage projects. The petition is filed pursuant to the 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (“VCEA”). The VCEA, at Va. Code § 56-585.5, requires Dominion to supply an increasing percentage of its electricity sales from clean energy resources. The law also requires Dominion to petition the SCC for approval of minimum quantities of solar and storage resources, located in Virginia, between 2020 and 2035.
Dominion’s 2025 RPS Development Plan describes the Company’s progress towards the VCEA RPS targets. The plan also explains how the company intends to obtain the additional renewable energy certificates necessary to comply with future RPS targets. Dominion’s petition requests approval to construct 6 new solar projects, totaling 845 MW, two new storage projects totaling 155 MW, and to enter into agreements to purchase the output from 10 solar facilities totaling 439 MW. Dominion seeks to recover the costs of the new projects through an updated rate adjustment clause. The new project costs, if approved, would increase a monthly bill for a residential customer using 1,000 kWh by $3.20.
The SCC Staff filed direct testimony in several volumes on January 14, 2026. The Staff testimony opposes the majority of Dominion’s proposed solar projects, citing the negative net present values. The Staff also expresses “serious concerns about how rate affordability can be maintained while attempting to meet the [VCEA’s] RPS requirements given the current rate of load growth due to the data center industry.” Dominion filed rebuttal testimony on January 28 in several volumes. Dominion’s rebuttal testimony generally defends its application, while criticizing the Staff’s narrow economic analysis.
The SCC will hold an evidentiary hearing on February 18.