Author Archives: Stephen D. Haner

About Stephen D. Haner

Stephen D. Haner is Senior Fellow for State and Local Tax Policy at the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. He may be reached at [email protected].

FERC’s Mark Christie Warns Electricity Growing Unreliable

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

Virginian Mark Christie is using his position on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a national pulpit to preach a message of energy reliability doom, and he is being heard. It helps that he is not alone in spreading the … Continue reading →

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Power Lines Divide the Beach

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

One four-hour public hearing was not enough. Virginia Beach City Council wants another such debate before it votes on a wind company’s request to bring power cables ashore at Sandbridge Beach. Last week’s hearing on Kitty Hawk North’s application for an easement … Continue reading →

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Will a Simpler Electric Bill Lower Your Costs?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

Simpler is usually better.  Monthly electric bills for many Virginians are about to get less complex, and in the short run also lower.  Will that lower cost be long term?  It is too soon to tell. On July 1 Dominion … Continue reading →

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Dominion Changes Course on Natural Gas, SMR Nukes

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

Dominion Energy Virginia has long been warning, albeit somewhat quietly, that the dream of running Virginia’s economy on nothing but solar, wind and battery power was not based on reality. With the filing of its most recent integrated resource plan … Continue reading →

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Virginia Beach Residents Fighting Wind Project Cables

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

Opposition to offshore wind is stirring in Virginia Beach, but the focus is on a North Carolina proposal that will bring its power ashore at Sandbridge Beach, not the Dominion Energy Virginia project which is adjacent to the state’s largest … Continue reading →

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