H.B. 503: Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 12, 2026.
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H.B. 503 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
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.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors John Chilton McAuliff (D); Gretchen Bulova (D); J.J. Singh (D)
Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB503. Found through LegiScan (bill 2072308), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- January 12, 2026 In committee
H.B. 503 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce.
- January 12, 2026 Introduced
H.B. 503 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce.
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