# Virginia HB503: Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Virginia HB503, Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by John Chilton McAuliff (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB503
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: John Chilton McAuliff (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

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.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Chilton McAuliff (Democratic), House

## Actions (7)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-02-12: Continued to 2027 in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB503) (House)
- 2026-01-19: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce (House)
- 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103084D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229545.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229544.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229545.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229544.PDF)

## Related
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- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB503-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).