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West Virginia Data Center Power Rules: Large-Load Tariffs and State Law
How West Virginia’s utilities and lawmakers handle data-center-sized power requests: 1 utility and 1 state measure, compiled from public filings, with a source on every entry.
Last checked October 22, 2026All states
Utilities
West Virginia utilities and their large-load rules.
Appalachian Power
WV · PJM · AEP
Settlement filedLarge-load service terms (West Virginia PSC case)
Appalachian Power, Google and manufacturers settled on West Virginia large-load terms of 100 MW minimum, 12 years and 80% minimum purchase, pending regulator approval.
- Applies to: 100 MW+ at a single site
- 12-year minimum initial contract
- Buys at least 80% of expected power use
Sources: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Data Center Deal Struck Between Appalachian Power, Google (n.d.); West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Compromise proposed in PSC case involving data centers (n.d.)
State law and regulation
West Virginia laws and rulemakings.
enacted · 2025-04
House Bill 2014, Power Generation and Consumption Act (2025)
Lets certified high impact data centers of 90 MW or more run on their own behind-the-meter microgrids and exempts them from local zoning and building permits.
West Virginia Watch (2025); West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (2025)
What this can and can’t tell you
The rules are public. Whether your site can get power isn’t.
Anyone could pull these filings; we compile them so they’re easy to find. Terms change often, so confirm them with the utility or the commission docket before relying on them.
Going deeper: Data Center Site Selection in West Virginia
This tracker · Public, free
- A utility’s published rules for large new loads
- The same answer for every site in that utility’s territory
- What the terms are if power is available
- Compiled from filings anyone can read
A BlackForge report · Site-specific
- Whether a specific parcel can actually be served, and roughly when
- Substation headroom and the realistic connection path
- Gas, water, fiber, buildable land and zoning, checked together
- Built and refreshed for your load, your timeline and your parcels
Cite this tracker
BlackForge Data Centers. "West Virginia data center power rules," Large-Load Power Tracker. Last checked October 22, 2026. https://www.blackforgedatacenters.com/data-center-power-tracker/west-virginia
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit.
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