The Issues

Energy Freedom

A Dominion-NextEra Deal on Spanberger’s Terms Would Harm Ratepayers, Virginia’s Economy

Your costs will rise, not decline Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Yet Governor Spanberger is willing for the combination to go forward if her conditions are met. Her position now is...

Stephen D. Haner
October 20, 2026

Before Relying on a Model, Look at the Assumptions 

Spanberger and Dominion Asked the Same Software the Same Question and Got Different Answers Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “If left alone to do its job, absent changes in the law,...

Stephen D. Haner
October 7, 2026
Stephen D. Haner
September 21, 2026

Virginia Policymakers Encouraged the Data Center Boom; Now They Want to Rein It In.

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Virginia needs an energy policy capable of powering the success it helped create. Scapegoating data centers is not an energy policy.” 9/16/2026 — Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, who likely...

Derrick A. Max
September 17, 2026

Spanberger’s Carbon Tax Sets New Record, Could Add $1 Billion to Electricity Costs in One Year

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “The impact of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon tax on your electric bill – and everything you buy which depends on electricity – will be...

Stephen D. Haner
September 14, 2026

Data Center Misinformation is Killing the Golden Goose

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Data centers didn’t create Virginia’s policy challenges; they have created enormous wealth that can fuel Virginia’s economy for decades to come. Virginia policymakers should think twice...

Derrick A. Max
August 15, 2026

The SCC Must Judge Dominion’s Future, Not the Governor’s Office

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Nothing should be non-negotiable in an SCC proceeding except adherence to the law.” 8/7/2026 — Governor Abigail Spanberger’s announcement that she will intervene in the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC and...

Derrick A. Max
August 8, 2026

Are Data Centers Actually Over Taxed

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “The appropriate tax treatment of data centers is the same as that of other industries.” 8/4/2026 — When Jared Walczak writes something down, you should read it. Whether...

Ali Ahmad
August 8, 2026

Smoke Does Not Stop at the Border — Neither Does the Climate

Key Takeaways: Key Quote: One historic Canadian wildfire season released many times the amount of carbon Virginia’s electricity sector emits in a year. It likely also exceeded several decades of...

Derrick A. Max
July 18, 2026

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.