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Is your Dominion Energy Virginia commercial bill right?

On Dominion Energy Virginia's small business schedule, the riders now cost more than the rate. Sixteen separate riders add about 9¢ to every GS-1 kWh, against a base energy rate of about 6.2¢. On January 1, 2027 a second base-rate step lands and data centers move into their own class, and the company's parent is in a hearing room in Richmond this month asking to be acquired by NextEra. Nobody at Dominion checks whether your bill reconstructs from the tariff. OptivAI does, every cycle, with a dedicated AI Energy Expert on your account, a rate-plan verdict each month and an Optimization Roadmap built from how your building actually runs. $99 per account per month. No equipment, no audit, nothing to install.

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Tariff basis: Virginia Electric and Power Company schedules effective for usage on and after January 1, 2026 and the Exhibit of Applicable Riders effective November 1, 2026. Last reviewed by OptivAI on November 11, 2026.

The two questions every Dominion Energy Virginia business owner eventually types

1. Is my Dominion Energy Virginia bill right?

A Dominion Energy Virginia commercial bill is three bills in one: distribution, transmission and generation, each with its own charges and its own set of riders. On GS-1, sixteen rider elements were in force on November 1, 2026, from Fuel Rider A at 3.7648¢ per kWh to offshore wind, coal ash closure, nuclear life extension, a small modular reactor rider and a universal service fee, plus a Deferred Fuel Cost Charge that pays off fuel bonds. Each one has its own effective date, so the stack changes in January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and November. On GS-2 the riders themselves change shape: below a 50 percent load factor they bill per kWh, above it they bill per kW.

OptivAI rebuilds the bill from the filed Virginia schedule each cycle, applies each rider in force for that usage month and your schedule, checks distribution and on-peak demand against the ratchets and the minimums, and compares the result with what was charged. Anything that does not reconstruct is flagged, in plain language, in your portal.

2. Am I on the right Dominion Energy Virginia rate plan?

Your schedule follows your demand history, not a single month. Three months at or above 30 kW in a year moves you from GS-1 to GS-2; three months at or above 500 kW moves you to GS-3 or GS-4, and you cannot move back until twelve straight months below the line. Inside GS-2 the bill flips between non-demand and demand billing at 200 kWh per kW, and the riders flip separately at a 50 percent load factor, so two accounts on the same schedule can be billed in very different ways. GS-2T time-of-use is voluntary. GS-4 primary voltage trades a $343.54 customer charge for lower demand rates and is worth it for some buildings and not others.

Every cycle OptivAI compares your actual usage against each schedule your account is eligible for and delivers a verdict: stay, or switch and why. Where a switch makes sense, you see the projected difference, labelled Projected until your own bill proves it. Dominion makes the change; we make sure you know to ask for it.

The Dominion Energy Virginia rate schedules we read

These are the Virginia commercial schedules in OptivAI's Dominion Energy Virginia tariff catalog, read from Virginia Electric and Power Company's filed schedules effective for usage on and after January 1, 2026 (SCC Case PUR-2025-00058). Closed Schedules 5, 6 and 10, church, lighting, EV, market-based rates and the new GS-5 class are reviewed account by account.

ScheduleWho it is forWhat we watch
GS-1Small General Service. No more than two months at 30 kW or more in the current and previous eleven billing months. $13.39 customer charge single-phase, $18.05 three-phase; distribution energy 2.5525¢ for the first 1,400 kWh then 1.8928¢; generation 3.0788¢ for the first 1,400 kWh, then 4.1350¢ June to September or 1.9886¢ October to May; transmission 0.582¢.The sixteen riders that add about 9¢ to every kWh; whether a third month at 30 kW has ended GS-1 eligibility; the $4.35 per kW minimum once demand reaches 50 kW.
GS-2Intermediate General Service. At least three months at 30 kW or more and no more than two at 500 kW or more. $31.90 customer charge. Non-demand billing: 3.5418¢ distribution, 3.0838¢ summer or 2.5627¢ winter generation, 1.476¢ transmission. Demand billing: $4.963 per kW distribution, $1.803 summer or $0.588 winter generation demand, $1.971 transmission demand, generation energy in blocks of kWh per kW (3.9031¢, 2.1879¢, 0.9461¢, 0.2301¢).Which side of 200 kWh per kW the month fell on; which side of 50 percent load factor the riders fell on; the twelve-month minimum demand once an account touches 500 kW.
GS-2TIntermediate General Service, Time of Usage. Voluntary for GS-2-eligible accounts taking supply from Dominion. $4.963 per kW distribution demand; on-peak generation and transmission demand charges; generation energy 2.0278¢ on-peak, 0.9928¢ off-peak.On-peak is 10 am to 10 pm summer weekdays and 7 am to 10 pm the rest of the year, a wide window. We model twelve real months before recommending it.
GS-3Large General Service, Secondary Voltage. At least three months at 500 kW or more. $185.34 customer charge; $3.316 per kW distribution demand; $0.235 per rkVA; $8.976 per on-peak kW generation demand and $0.320 off-peak; $2.277 per on-peak kW transmission demand; generation energy 0.4648¢ on-peak, 0.3299¢ off-peak.The full twelve-month distribution ratchet with a 500 kW floor, the 75 percent summer on-peak ratchet, reactive demand, and per-kW riders of about $11 on every on-peak kW.
GS-4Large General Service, Primary Voltage. Same 500 kW test, served at primary or transmission voltage. $343.54 customer charge; $2.717 per kW distribution demand for the first 5,000 kW then $2.076; $0.393 per rkVA; $9.436 per on-peak kW generation demand (primary) and $0.558 off-peak; $2.371 transmission demand; same energy prices as GS-3.Whether owning your own transformation is paying back; from January 1, 2027, the high-load demand provisions for accounts of 25 MW and up.

Virginia adds a state consumption tax on every kWh and many localities add a utility tax; both are outside the tariff and we check them separately. Dominion does not publish reference commercial bills; we reconstruct yours from your own statement in the first cycle.

Billing demand: why one afternoon in July is still on your bill next June

On Schedules GS-3 and GS-4 there are three demands on the bill, and each has its own rule. Distribution demand is the highest 30-minute demand in the current and previous eleven billing months, with a 500 kW floor: a full twelve-month ratchet. On-peak generation and transmission demand is set by this month's on-peak peak or by last summer's. Off-peak demand is only billed above 90 percent of on-peak demand. The bill shows three figures and does not say which rule produced them.

100%Distribution demand: the highest 30-minute demand in the current and previous eleven billing months.
500 kWThe distribution floor on GS-3 and GS-4, or 70 percent of transformer capacity for newer service.
75%On-peak demand is never less than 75 percent of the highest June to September on-peak demand in the preceding eleven months, or 100 kW.
90%Off-peak demand is billed only for the kW above 90 percent of on-peak demand.

Two more things ride on the demand figures. Reactive demand is billed separately per rkVA every month, and a power factor below 85 percent lets Dominion set a minimum demand at 85 percent of your kVA. And on GS-2 and GS-3 alike, the riders attach to demand too: on GS-3 the offshore wind, transmission, clean energy, generation, nuclear, distribution, environmental, Chesterfield and SMR riders add about $11 per kW across the demand lines on top of the base charges. OptivAI tracks each demand month by month, shows you which rule is setting it, and tells you when a single avoidable peak or an oversized transformer is the reason. That is where the Optimization Roadmap begins.

What rides on top of the rate

The base schedule is only part of the price. These are the rider elements in the Exhibit of Applicable Riders for Schedule GS-1 as of November 1, 2026, read from Dominion's filed rider sheets. Together they add 8.9887¢ to every kWh, more than the 6.2133¢ base energy rate for the first 1,400 kWh. Values and structure differ for GS-2, GS-3 and GS-4; we apply the right sheet for your schedule and month.

Fuel Rider A

3.7648¢ per kWh for usage on and after July 1, 2026, set annually by the SCC. The single largest line after the base rate, and the one that moves most. The Deferred Fuel Cost Charge, 0.2901¢ per kWh from August 1, 2026, is separate: it pays the bonds that securitized the 2021 to 2023 fuel under-recovery.

Offshore wind and RPS

Rider OSW for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind at 0.9229¢ per kWh on GS-1, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard rider at 0.5520¢, both effective September 1, 2026 and both non-bypassable. On GS-2 the offshore wind rider becomes $3.366 per kW when load factor is above 50 percent.

Transmission and distribution

Rider T1 at 1.1929¢ per kWh on GS-1 (2.9476¢ on GS-2 non-demand, $3.798 per kW on GS-2 demand billing, $3.972 per kW on GS-3) and Rider DIST at 0.5780¢. Dominion filed August 12, 2026 to raise Rider DIST for the rate year beginning June 1, 2027.

Generation projects

Rider GEN at 0.4100¢ per kWh, Rider CE for clean energy projects and power purchase agreements at 0.4673¢, Rider SNA for Surry and North Anna life extension at 0.3429¢, Rider CERC for the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center at 0.0541¢, and the new Rider SMR for small modular reactor development at 0.0124¢, in force September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027.

Coal ash and environment

Rider CCR for closing coal combustion residual impoundments at 0.1765¢ per kWh, non-bypassable, and Rider E for environmental projects at 0.0590¢ effective November 1, 2026. The 2027 update to Rider CCR is already on file with the SCC.

The small ones

Peak-shaving Rider C1A at 0.0384¢, energy efficiency Rider C4A at 0.1116¢, the universal service fee (Rider PIPP) at 0.0158¢ from November 1, 2026, and the RGGI rider, still on the exhibit at 0.0000¢. Small, but a bill that is missing one or carrying a stale one is wrong in a way owners rarely catch.

The Dominion Energy Virginia landscape, as of this review

Securing your future means watching what the regulator and the utility are doing before it reaches your bill. This is what we are watching for Dominion Energy Virginia accounts right now.

  • The State Corporation Commission issued its final order in Dominion's 2025 biennial review (Case PUR-2025-00058): a $565.7 million base-rate increase from January 1, 2026 and $209.9 million more from January 1, 2027, against requests of $822 million and $345 million. The same order created the GS-5 class for customers of 25 MW or more with a 75 percent load factor, effective January 1, 2027, with 14-year terms and minimum charges of 85 percent of contracted distribution and transmission demand and 60 percent of generation demand. (Virginia SCC)
  • Dominion Energy, Inc. and NextEra Energy announced an all-stock combination that would make Dominion Energy Virginia an indirect subsidiary of NextEra. The joint petition was filed with the SCC on July 15 (Case PUR-2026-00112); the evidentiary hearing begins November 17, 2026, a decision is expected in early 2027, and the companies expect to close in the second half of 2027. Rates are still set by the SCC, but who owns the utility shapes every filing after that. (Virginia SCC, Dominion Energy)
  • Fuel Rider A set at 3.7648¢ per kWh for all bundled schedules, first on an interim basis and then as filed September 30, 2026. The next fuel factor will be proposed in spring 2027 for July 1, 2027. (Dominion Energy Virginia tariffs)
  • Dominion petitioned to increase Rider DIST for the rate year beginning June 1, 2027, and has filed its 2027 update for Rider CCR. Pending proposals, not rates; we track them separately until the SCC rules. (Virginia regulatory updates)
  • Annual resets for Riders OSW, RPS, T1, SNA, C1A and C4A, and the first year of the new Rider SMR. Rider E and the universal service fee followed on November 1, when the Exhibit of Applicable Riders was refiled. Dominion's rider calendar touches nine different months of the year; a bill that looks like last month's is usually wrong. (Dominion Energy Virginia tariffs)
  • The second base-rate step, the GS-5 class, and new high-load demand determinations in GS-3 and GS-4 for accounts of 25 MW and up all take effect on the same day. The SCC has said broader cost allocation between data centers and everyone else waits for the 2027 biennial review. Whether the new class keeps data-center costs off your bill is the question of the decade for this territory. (Virginia SCC)

Reviewed by OptivAI on November 11, 2026. Schedules and rider sheets are re-checked weekly against Dominion Energy Virginia's filed tariff and the SCC's docket; pending petitions are tracked separately from approved, effective rates.

Your Dominion Energy Virginia Energy Fingerprint

No two buildings bill alike, and an industry average is not your building. Over twelve cycles OptivAI builds your account's Energy Fingerprint from your Dominion Energy Virginia data and the facility profile you give us at onboarding: operating hours, major equipment, load drivers and goals. On Dominion Energy Virginia that means learning which afternoon set your twelve-month distribution demand, how your on-peak and off-peak demands relate under the 90 percent rule, whether GS-2, GS-3 or GS-4 fits, and how the January 1, 2027 step lands on your account.

An audit looks once. A Fingerprint learns. It is proprietary to your account, it lives in your portal, and it is the reason your Optimization Roadmap is specific to how your building runs instead of a list of generic tips.

Cycle 1Your first bill rebuilt and verified, your rate-plan verdict, and a Starting Roadmap. The Fingerprint begins.
Cycles 2–11Every cycle adds a season, a peak, a rider change. The portal shows your Fingerprint Progress and the Roadmap sharpens with it.
Month 12Your full Optimization Roadmap, prioritized by impact and specific to your account. Each item is labelled Projected until your Dominion Energy Virginia bill proves it.

Measured on the bill, not on a spreadsheet

Actual client, Alabama Power territory
23.2%

Bill reduction, $4,573 a month, verified on the utility bill. A commercial account on a closed schedule, exactly the kind of account where the right answer took a full reconstruction, not a rule of thumb. The same reconstruction runs on every Dominion Energy Virginia schedule.

Across 25 years of commercial energy work
10–20%

In rate and billing savings typically identified by these roadmaps. For your account it is Projected until your own Dominion Energy Virginia bill proves it, and we label it that way.

Dominion Energy Virginia questions we are asked

How do I know if my Dominion Energy Virginia commercial bill is correct?

OptivAI rebuilds each Dominion Energy Virginia bill from the filed Virginia schedule for your account (GS-1, GS-2, GS-2T, GS-3 or GS-4), applies every rider in the Exhibit of Applicable Riders for that usage month and your schedule, including Fuel Rider A, the offshore wind, RPS, coal ash, transmission, clean energy, generation, environmental, nuclear life extension, Chesterfield, distribution, peak-shaving, energy efficiency, SMR and universal service riders and the Deferred Fuel Cost Charge, checks distribution and on-peak demand against the ratchets and minimums, and compares the result line by line with what you were charged. Anything that does not reconstruct is flagged in plain language every cycle.

Am I on the right Dominion Energy Virginia rate plan for my business?

Every cycle OptivAI compares your actual usage and demand against the Dominion Energy Virginia schedules your account is eligible for and delivers a verdict: stay, or switch and why. Common questions are whether a GS-2 account is being billed under demand billing or non-demand billing and which one it should be, whether an account that crossed 500 kW three times is now carrying a 500 kW distribution floor on GS-3, whether a building with evening or weekend load would do better on GS-2T time-of-use, and whether primary-voltage service on GS-4 would pay for itself. Projected differences are labelled Projected until your own bill proves them.

What is the Dominion Energy Virginia demand ratchet?

On Schedules GS-3 and GS-4, distribution demand is the highest 30-minute demand in the current and previous eleven billing months, never less than 500 kW, a full twelve-month ratchet. On-peak generation and transmission demand is the highest of the current month's on-peak 30-minute demand, 75 percent of the highest summer on-peak demand in the preceding eleven months, and 100 kW. Off-peak demand is billed only above 90 percent of on-peak demand. On GS-2, once an account reaches 500 kW the minimum demand becomes the highest demand of the past twelve months. One peak can shape your demand charges for a year.

What changes on Dominion Energy Virginia bills on January 1, 2027?

Three things. The second step of the base-rate increase approved in the 2025 biennial review (Case PUR-2025-00058) takes effect, $209.9 million on top of the $565.7 million that took effect January 1, 2026. The new GS-5 rate class begins for customers of 25 MW or more with a 75 percent load factor, including most data centers, with 14-year terms and minimum charges of 85 percent of contracted distribution and transmission demand and 60 percent of generation demand. And new high-load demand provisions in GS-3 and GS-4 apply to accounts of 25 MW and up that do not qualify for GS-5. OptivAI reconstructs bills on the new filed schedules the month they take effect and shows the before-and-after on your account.

Will the Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy merger change my business rates?

Not by itself, and not yet. Dominion Energy, Inc. and NextEra Energy announced an all-stock combination on May 18, 2026 and filed for approval with the Virginia State Corporation Commission on July 15, 2026 (Case PUR-2026-00112). The evidentiary hearing begins November 17, 2026 and the companies expect to close in the second half of 2027. Dominion Energy Virginia would remain a separately regulated Virginia utility, and the companies have offered a Virginia benefits package that is contingent on approval. Rates continue to be set by the SCC through the biennial review and rider proceedings. OptivAI tracks the case and tells you when, and if, a commitment reaches your tariff.

What is a Dominion Energy Virginia Energy Fingerprint?

Your Energy Fingerprint is OptivAI's 12-month model of how your Dominion Energy Virginia account uses and is billed for electricity, built month by month from your utility data and the facility profile you give us at onboarding. On Dominion Energy Virginia that means learning which afternoon set your twelve-month distribution demand, how your on-peak and off-peak demands relate under the 90 percent rule, whether GS-2, GS-3 or GS-4 fits, and how the January 1, 2027 step lands on your account. Your Starting Roadmap arrives in your first cycle and sharpens every month; at month 12 the Fingerprint becomes your full Optimization Roadmap, specific to your account and labelled Projected until your bill proves it.

How much does OptivAI cost for a Dominion Energy Virginia account?

$99 per utility account per month for one to five accounts, $89 per account at six or more, on a 12-month term billed monthly. No equipment, no installation, no shared-savings split. A Starting Roadmap in your first cycle and the full Optimization Roadmap at month 12.

Do you need my Dominion Energy login?

No. You connect your account through a read-only utility connection or upload your bills. OptivAI never sees or stores a utility login.

Is it worth $99 to make sure your company's energy future is secure?

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