The Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) and other statutory changes since the legislature’s re-regulation of electric utilities in 2007 have stripped the State Corporation Commission (SCC) of its constitutional responsibility to protect ratepayers from unreasonable and imprudent utility expenditures. This has occurred despite repeated warnings that electricity costs would increase substantially. Now, both of Virginia’s major investor-owned utilities — Dominion Energy and American Electric (APCO) — want the General Assembly to further tie the hands of the SCC to guarantee excessive profits.