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Soaring electric bills, energy demand a top concern for Virginians (opens the original)
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Virginia voters of all political stripes put an exclamation point on one of this election season’s most repeated watchwords when close to two-thirds of them told pollsters that their electric bills are too darn high. What’s to blame? Growing demand for energy, monopolistic utilities and profit-driven power companies were the top three answers cited by voters. And who should address those rising costs? Eight out of 10 respondents—a majority mix of independents, Democrats and Republicans—said it s
Dominion ratepayers on the hook again as give turns into take (opens the original)
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Dominion Energy’s inability to accurately predict its annual fuel budget in three of the last five years burdens its Virginia customers with billions—with a b—in surprise add-ons to their electric bills. Its latest forecasting shortfall rang in at $922 million for the year between July 2025 and June. Recovering that sum over one year, as is customary in the industry, would saddle the average residential ratepayer with a $21 monthly charge—or $252 annually. That alone would more than cancel out t
Could a Dominion-NextEra marriage be bad news for rooftop solar? (opens the original)
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With a whopping 3,160 megawatts of solar across at least 27 states, NextEra Energy is the nation’s undisputed renewable power colossus. Still, the Florida-based suitor of Dominion Energy has Virginia’s rooftop solar advocates on edge. Why? Mainly because its principal investor-owned utility subsidiary, Florida Power & Light (FPL), has backed attempts to limit financial benefits customers can reap by owning small-scale solar systems. One case in point is net metering —a popular program ushered in
Crops and solar power? Virginia farms are ripe for the combo (opens the original)
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ALDIE, Va.—Last autumn, a peculiar-looking crop sprouted on a Loudoun County clearing where cattle have grazed since the late 1700s. This summer, curious farmers are still flocking to the undulating parcel of piedmont to investigate. What’s the draw? Forty-two solar panels planted in neat rows. They’re strategically interspersed among raised and in-ground beds of vegetables flourishing at the Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows where Highway 50 meets Highway 15. The eight-acre farm is the first
Will a new Virginia law boost energy storage? (opens the original)
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For Virginia to comply with a bold, electric-grid-enhancing law mandating a gigantic increase in energy storage resources by 2045, utilities and developers must get cracking. And it’s equally essential, clean power proponents say, that local governments temper neighborhood revolts such as the one that erupted last month at the Chesapeake Planning Commission. Builders of a 150-megawatt, lithium-ion phosphate battery storage facility proposed for the city’s south side were caught off guard June 10
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