Costs are increasing as the Democrats’ signature legislation to phase out hydrocarbon generation in favor of wind, solar and batteries is implemented Perhaps that’s why the utility has stopped being as open about costs.

During the last General Assembly, House Republicans proposed an amendment to state budget which would have required a return to these details on This would also have been applicable to Appalachian Power Company, which provides electricity for about 540,000 customers in Western Virginia.

The language (rejected, of course) could be revived as an amendement to a bill that Governor Glenn This idea is not worth voting against. Why would anyone oppose giving more information about cost to captive ratepayers of a utility?

The Thomas Jefferson Institute has flagged several 2025 energy bills that need a veto.

The majority of the costs imposed by 2020 legislation are collected through individual rate adjustment clauses. They are separate charges from fuel or base rates, and collected based on usage. These charges are easily trackable.

Rider OSW is used to pay for Dominion’s Costal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. This project was included on Customers could view the amount they were billed for construction costs each month.

Rider CE was also detailed in the bills. This is the company that provides money for Dominions’ solar and battery projects. Rider RP pays the certificates of renewable energy (RECs) Dominion needs to buy in Rider PIPP also funds energy bill subsides that were created by VCEA many years

The bill that Dominion sent to its customers did not identify these costs as necessary for compliance with VCEA. Domini The General Assembly mandated these costs, which are not VCEA related. ‘s website provides more information about the various RACs, but the typical residential consumer wouldn’

For example, the current offshore wind charge is 0.8631 cents/kilowatt hour. Multiplying by 1,000 will give you a number that most people can understand: $8.63 for 1000 kil Rider CE costs.2884 cents/kWh and therefore $2.88 for 1,000 kWh.

Dominion’s website is full of confusing information. To understand the current rate adjustment charges, you have to wade through a 139-page document It’s not because they want you to understand it, but rather that they don’t want you to. APCo’s customers aren’t paying much for VCEA charges at the moment, but that will change in

has previously reported that Dominion’s VCEA costs will continue to rise.

According to, a chart included in another Dominion regulatory submission, the combined costs of compliance Dominion estimates the cost to be $282 per year by 2030, and $6 Dominion’s preferred method of projection is used.

a different projection based on assumptions that the State Do not ignore the costs that this imposes on business users who want to pass

If the money is spent as it appears, the customer gets a bunch solar farms RECs are a way to subsidize someone else’s

This does not include any impact from the pending legislation in 2025 to change V

The language that we need to include in the Code of Virginia is:

On all monthly bills sent to residential customers, a Phase I or Phase II electric The bill will include the provisions of SS56-585 and any amounts due in On its website, the utility will clearly identify which rate adjustment clauses are currently applicable On the website will be detailed the specific purpose of each rate adjustment clause, as well The combined rate adjustment clauses that have been approved by the State Corporation Commission will be

It is easier to survive if you don’t know the costs of the Virginia