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Energy Freedom

Small Customers In Danger When Energy Elephants Dance

The Virginia House of Delegates is expected to vote this week to exempt certain Virginia manufacturers, which ones to be determined later, from the coming wave of energy costs created...

Stephen D. Haner
January 16, 2023

Complex Energy Bill Will Raise Costs to Customers

The headlines in the coming General Assembly may be captured by fights over abortion and taxes, but the deepest reach into your pockets will involve your energy bills. The state’s dominant...

Stephen D. Haner
January 9, 2023

On Slow Path to Repeal, RGGI Tax Passes $500 Million

The tax on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted by Virginia electricity plants dropped to below $13 a ton in the most recent sale of CO2 allowances conducted by the...

Jefferson Forum
December 12, 2022

Feds Admit: Ocean Wind Projects Threaten Whales

Soon after a group of opponents to proposed East Coast offshore wind projects hired a law firm with environmental regulation expertise, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a new...

Stephen D. Haner
December 5, 2022

SCC Hearing:  Windfarm Focus On Construction Risk

Advocates made their case Monday for a proposed settlement that offers Virginia consumers some protection from construction cost overruns on Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed offshore wind project. Not everybody said...

Stephen D. Haner
November 23, 2022

Wind Projects Faltering

In recent days several proposed offshore wind projects, which unlike Virginia’s are not guaranteed by captive ratepayers, are showing cracks in their pylons. Multinational developer Avangrid recently told Massachusetts regulators...

Stephen D. Haner
November 4, 2022

Wind Change:  Turbine Failure Risk Back on Customers

The big risk with Dominion Energy Virginia’s planned offshore wind extravaganza has always been that either the wind out in the Atlantic blows too little or it blows too much. ...

Stephen D. Haner
October 31, 2022

Youngkin’s Energy Plan Pivots to Reason

In his newly released energy plan, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) makes it clear he sees the economic abyss created by the unrealistic and ideological green utopia demanded by his predecessor. ...

Stephen D. Haner
October 5, 2022

Public Interest Groups Join to Explore Lawsuit over Dominion Windfarm

A coalition of public interest groups – The Heartland Institute, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), and the American Coalition for Ocean Protection (ACOP) – announced in late September that they have...

Jefferson Forum
October 3, 2022

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Lower taxes and fewer regulations

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More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

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Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

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