Virginia Offshore Wind Project Could Power 600,000 Homes, Create Over 1,000 Jobs

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:00:35 +0000

GE offshore wind turbines New JerseyIf you rewind just 10 years, wind power projects of several hundred megawatts seemed like very large ones. Today, when you see one that is multiple times larger, you might want to celebrate — provided you have been following clean, renewable energy for a while and appreciate how impactful these projects are, such as Virginia’s […]

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Governor Youngkin Signs Energy Generation Property Tax Exemption Into Law, Strengthening Energy Freedom in Virginia

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:40:07 +0000

RICHMOND, VA — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law today which creates a property tax exemption for residential and mixed-use solar energy systems up to 25 kilowatts in size. This new law expands energy freedom for consumers and creates an additional incentive to do business in the Commonwealth. Following is a statement by […]

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Virginia Governor Tilting at Windmills, Releases Bogus RGGI ‘Report’

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:35:51 +0000

Incoming Virginia Gov. Youngkin in January tasked his Special Advisor and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler with producing an assessment of Virginia’s overwhelmingly popular climate law — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI. But a funny thing happened to Wheeler’s RGGI “report,” released late yesterday, on its way to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. This key fact […]

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Youngkin Tilting at Windmills, Releases Bogus RGGI “Report”

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:33:51 +0000

Incoming Gov. Youngkin in January tasked his Special Advisor and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler with producing an assessment of Virginia’s overwhelmingly popular climate law — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI. But a funny thing happened to Wheeler’s RGGI “report,” released late yesterday, on its way to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. This key fact didn’t make […]

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Virginia to See 31,800+ Jobs from Build Back Better Act

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:00:13 +0000

Richmond, Virginia — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Virginia. The Senate’s passage of the Build Back Better Act would bring these climate and economic benefits to states across the country. […]

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