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Prior to participating in the Aggregation Pilot, nonresidential customers satisfying the criteria in the new law must file in this docket a notice of intent to participate in the pilot, which at a minimum must include:

• SCC case number under which the nonresidential customers had originally filed an application seeking to aggregate load;
• “Individual demand during the most recent calendar year” of each nonresidential customer that will be participating in the Aggregation Pilot and the aggregated the Aggregation Pilot and the aggregated total demand for all of the customers; and
• Certification that the notice of intent to participate has been served on counsel for Dominion.

Most recently on February 26, 2026 Harris Teeter filed  the 2025 aggregation pilot reports.

As background, the State Corporation Commission (CCA) of Virginia initiated this proceeding to implement a new state law (see HB889), which directs the SCC to conduct a pilot program under which two or more nonresidential customers within the Dominion service territory that applied to aggregate load for shopping purposes as of February 24, 2019 to purchase electric energy from any licensed supplier subject to the following terms, conditions, and restrictions:

• Dominion customers only;
• aggregated load participating in the pilot is capped at 200MW; and
• participating customers must file an annual report by 3/31 each year to ensure certain provisions in law related to demand limitation are continued to be met. Additionally, the SCC must review the pilot program in 2022.

Large C&I customers, including Walmart, Costco, and others have tried without success to meet the strict requirements to shop for electricity supply in Virginia under the current rules.