Shared Solar Program

Summary

The Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation in April 2020 (HB 1634 and SB 629), establishing community solar rules in the service territory of Dominion Energy. The General Assembly adopted additional legislation in April 2024, applying the same rules to the service territory of Appalachian Power (HB 108).  

For Dominion Energy, the aggregate capacity limit for all community solar projects is 200 MW. However, once 90% of the 200 MW has been subscribed, the State Corporation Commission will approve an additional 150 MW in capacity, with 51% of that total being set aside for low-income customers. For Appalachian Power, the aggregate capacity limit is 50 MW or 6 % of peak load, whichever is less.

Subscriptions are administered by a Subscriber Organization. Each subscriber will receive a monthly bill credit for the proportional output of a shared solar facility attributable to that subscriber. The bill credit rate is based on the subscriber's customer class of residential, commercial, or industrial. Each class's applicable credit rate will be calculated by the Commission annually by dividing revenues to the class by sales, measured in kilowatt-hours, to that class to yield a bill credit rate for the class ($/kWh).