Committed to advancing Virginia’s clean energy future, PEC commissioned Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to study and calculate the actual value of distributed solar generation to every Virginian — factoring in the range of benefits that utilities do not acknowledge when they are proposing big cuts to net metering values.
Learn more about our findings on the Value of Solar landing page.
Dominion Petition to Reduce Net Metering Benefits Threatens Future of Distributed Energy
Public comment opportunity in late 2025 and early 2026
In May 2025, Dominion Energy petitioned the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to make regulatory changes to “net metering,” a billing arrangement whereby owners of rooftop and other small-scale solar receive a 1:1 credit for the excess energy their systems generate and send back to the grid. This is the fundamental structure that makes solar economically viable and financially accessible to homeowners, farmers and small businesses. However, because it loses profits from distributed energy, Dominion wants to cut that net metering value and severely undermine the benefit and practicality of all distributed generation — all at a time when we are importing more energy than any other state and are projected to need an additional 40-50 gigawatts to accommodate data center growth. Dominion’s case before the State Corporation Commission later this year and in early 2026 will provide an important opportunity to provide public comment. PEC is an intervenor in this case, posing questions and offering additional information that can be used in the SCC’s decision making. We encourage you to submit comments in support of the current net metering rate structure.
For more information about the Value of Solar report or PEC’s energy work, contact Ashish Kapoor at [email protected].