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Virginia SCC final order: Appalachian Power Joshua Falls development costs

On 12 November 2025 the Virginia State Corporation Commission approved Appalachian Power's decision to incur early development costs for a possible small modular reactor at Joshua Falls. The order does not approve cost recovery or construction, and it closes the case.

Category
Laws, rules and executive directives
Status
In effect
Instrument
commission order · Case No. PUR-2025-00085 (final order, 12 November 2025)
Issued by
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Jurisdiction
Virginia
Affects
Siting
Effective date
Not recorded
Expiry or completion
None recorded
Operative text
Virginia SCC final order, Case No. PUR-2025-00085 (Final order PDF opened 4 October 2026)
Last checked · next review
2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15

Legal and geographic scope

Final order on Appalachian Power Company's petition under Code section 56-585.1:15 to review its decision to incur early project-development costs for a possible small modular reactor at the Joshua Falls site in Campbell County. The Commission approves that petition. The company did not seek cost recovery in this case. If the company does not apply in 2026 for a rate adjustment clause for these costs, it must file a progress report in this docket by 31 December 2026. The order then dismisses the matter.

Not approved or still pending

The order does not state an effective date. 12 November 2025 is the caption and order date. The order does not grant a construction permit, an NRC licence, or cost recovery. A rate case was not opened. The 31 December 2026 report is a condition if no 2026 rate application is filed, not a finding that the report exists. Reactor technology is not selected in the order.

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