Virginia regulators reject Dominion Energy’s $6 billion grid update plan

Energy News Network: Virginia utility regulators Thursday rejected most of Dominion Energy’s $6 billion proposal to modernize its electrical grid, stating that the cost to customers was too high.

In its ruling, the State Corporation Commission laid out five pointers the state’s largest utility should follow if and when it resubmits its legislatively mandated plan to incorporate smart meters and other technologies into a digital, two-way grid.

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