The Issues

Energy Freedom

Governor Youngkin Uses His Veto Pen to Protect Farmers and Lower-Skilled Workers 

There is a near-universal consensus among economists that increases in the minimum wage harm low-skilled workers the most. Originally designed to mimic racially discriminatory laws elsewhere, the minimum wage continues to be a...

Derrick A. Max
March 29, 2024

Wind Lawsuit Poses a Whale of a Problem

As usual, Virginia’s electricity ratepayers are caught in the middle. Either way a new lawsuit challenging Dominion Energy Virginia’s offshore wind project turns out, its residential and business customers will...

Stephen D. Haner
March 21, 2024

State Legislators Fail to Advance Anti-Slavery Bill

Legislators in Richmond are intent on removing all vestiges of slavery in Virginia – including state senators recently voting to end tax breaks for the Daughters of the Confederacy heritage...

Barbara Hollingsworth
February 27, 2024

General Assembly Fills SCC Vacancies but Doubles Down on Bad Energy Laws

The General Assembly has now filled the two open seats at the State Corporation Commission (SCC), ending two years of gridlock. Unfortunately, the same legislators, on both sides of the...

Stephen D. Haner
January 29, 2024

Democrats Preserve Electric Car Mandate, But Promise Review of Virginia Net Zero Laws

For the third year in a row, Democrats in the Virginia Senate have shot down an effort to divorce Virginia’s auto dealers from California’s impending mandates on electric vehicle sales. But...

Stephen D. Haner
January 18, 2024

Who Paid for the Abortion Ads? Green Energy

You may think the recent Virginia election was about abortion, but follow the money. The wave of advertising on that issue was largely bankrolled by the renewable energy industry. This election was...

Stephen D. Haner
November 8, 2023

Dominion’s Wind Towers Arrive Just Before Federal Approval Does

The Biden Administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued final approval for the construction of Dominion Energy Virginia’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. Here is the release. A few more review...

Stephen D. Haner
November 1, 2023

Principles for Virginia’s Energy Future

Energy is our economy.  Energy is the basis of wealth and a comfortable life.  As Virginia chooses a new set of legislators to wrestle with the old and new energy...

Stephen D. Haner
September 28, 2023

Jefferson Institute Asks SCC To Endorse Reliable Thermal Generators

The following has been submitted to the State Corporation Commission via the public comment portal it has established for Dominion Energy Virginia’s pending 2023 Integrated Resource Plan. It was drafted...

Stephen D. Haner
September 5, 2023

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Lower taxes and fewer regulations

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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.