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Lawmakers push for stronger oversight of Dominion’s rates
Washington Post: Lawmakers push for stronger oversight of Dominion’s rates. A group of Virginia lawmakers is set to push for stricter regulatory oversight of the state’s dominant electric utility, saying Dominion Energy’s customers have overpaid billions of dollars because of the company’s outsized political sway.
But this year a group of lawmakers […]
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Report: Dominion Energy’s costly coal-fired Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
Appalachian Voices discusses the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis released a report shedding light on Dominion Energy’s costly coal-fired Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in Wise Co, Va., and its likely early closure. The report, entitled Virginia Coal Plant’s Future Isn’t Bright: Preparation for […]
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PSC flexes new muscle by rejecting Dominion growth plan
Statehouse Reports discusses PSC flexes new muscle by rejecting Dominion growth plan.
The S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday sent Dominion Energy back to the drawing board in what is being interpreted as a new […]
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U.S. has 7 ocean turbines. Companies see hundreds soon
E&E News discusses how the US has 7 ocean turbines. Companies see hundreds soon.
When construction was completed last month on two wind turbines in the rolling Atlantic waters off the Virginia coastline, it marked the passage of a key milestone.
It was the first commercial project built in federal waters […]
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It’s Been an Awful Week for the Fossil-Fuel Industry
Bill McKibben, in The New Yorker, discusses why it’s been an awful week for the fossil-fuel industry.
t’s been a truly awful few days for the fossil-fuel industry, which is another way of saying that it’s been an unexpectedly good few days for planet Earth: a trio of […]
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Yay! The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is DEAD!!!
Multiple articles/announcements:
The Wall Street Journal
Dominion Energy
Duke Power
Virginia Mercury here and here
Bloomberg
New York Times here, and here, and here
Richmond Times-DispatchIt’s about Fricking time!
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With Supreme Court case over, courts again weigh whether Atlantic Coast Pipeline is needed
The Virginia Mercury discusses whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is needed.
Last week, the Supreme Court handed a victory to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline when it ruled that the U.S. Forest Service had the authority to allow the project to cross beneath the Appalachian Trail.
But the end of that battle has […]
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2 articles on the Supreme Court decision on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
E&E News discusses Pipeline wins Appalachian Trail battle but may lose war. The Supreme Court yesterday removed one hurdle for developers of the Atlantic Coast pipeline, but the natural gas project remains in legal limbo as a host of other obstacles stand in the way of construction. In a 7-2 decision, the […]
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Studies: New Studies Make Clear Why Virginia Can – and Should – Switch As Quickly as Possible to Energy Efficiency, Solar, Offshore Wind
Blue Virginia discusses why Virginia Can – and Should – Switch As Quickly as Possible to Energy Efficiency, Solar, Offshore Wind. With the climate crisis raging, it’s indisputable that we need to go all-in on clean energy (wind, solar, energy efficienty) and ditch fossil fuels ASAP on environmental grounds […]
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Walmart blasts Virginia regulator’s report on pricing, biomass in Dominion’s proposed 100% renewable energy tariff
Utility Dive discusses Walmart’s reaction to a Virginia regulator’s report on pricing, biomass in Dominion’s proposed 100% renewable energy tariff.
Walmart, one of Dominion Energy’s largest customers in Virginia, warned regulators that their consideration of the utility’s plan to offer a 100% renewable energy option to C&I and residential customers includes […]
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