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Energy Freedom

The Virginia General Assembly Passed Nine Bills to Increase Electricity Costs

The 2026 Virginia General Assembly has passed at least nine separate new laws that will increase the cost of your electricity. Not one of the bills creates a single megawatt...

Stephen D. Haner
March 16, 2026

Your Electricity Bill is the General Assembly’s New Favorite Piggy Bank

Key energy legislation poised to pass the 2026 General Assembly will increase your future electricity bills, not lower them. They will worsen price increases already caused by the Virginia Clean Economy...

Stephen D. Haner
February 18, 2026

Legislators Not Curious About Cost, Safety or Efficiency As Massive Battery Mandate Rushes Toward Approval

Today, a Senate committee is scheduled to take up the bill directing Virginia’s two investor-owned utilities to propose huge battery installations that will cover square miles of ground, cost ratepayers...

Stephen D. Haner
February 9, 2026

Governor Spanberger, Winter Storm Fern Showed Us Wind and Solar Are Inadequate

Governor Abigail Spanberger’s major campaign pledges to lower electricity bills have already been crushed by the harsh reality of last week’s Winter Storm Fern. Virginians everywhere are about to see their highest...

Stephen D. Haner
February 2, 2026

A “Free” Heat Pump Conversion for Oil and Propane Customers, Paid for by Virginia Ratepayers

A free heat pump for thousands of Virginians who are now using oil or propane to heat their homes, paid for by Virginia’s general population of electricity ratepayers. That is...

Stephen D. Haner
January 22, 2026

Proposed Commission Would Expand Beyond Electricity to Oversee All Forms of Energy in Virginia 

A legislative commission created in 2008 to oversee one narrow function of two electric utilities is about to expand its scope of oversight of all forms of energy in Virginia,...

Stephen D. Haner
January 19, 2026

The VCEA Renewable Certificate Mandate Reduces Energy Affordability

A key, but poorly understood, provision of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) is a requirement that Virginia’s two largest electric utilities must either generate or purchase a growing number...

Stephen D. Haner
January 12, 2026

Dominion Describes Efforts to Limit Turbine Radar Interference

Dominion Energy Virginia’s team building its offshore wind facility spent years working with the U.S. Navy and the air defense agency NORAD on ways to mitigate the problems that would...

Stephen D. Haner
January 5, 2026

Trump’s Pause on Offshore Wind: A Chance for Reform, or a Step Towards Cancellation

President Trump’s decision to suspend Dominion Energy’s massive Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project is sure to stir up another gale of political fights across the Commonwealth. While some will...

Derrick A. Max
December 23, 2025

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Lower taxes and fewer regulations

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More choices for Virginia families

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Reliable, affordable energy

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Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

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