Category Archives: Energy

Only One Army Showing Up in War Over Fossil Fuels

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

The front line in the war against fossil fuels in Virginia has now shifted back to the State Corporation Commission, and as usual only one side has fielded an army and brought heavy weapons to the battlefield.  Those who might … Continue reading →

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Why Dominion is Calm in Wind Energy Storm

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

With growing turmoil in the offshore wind industry finally being reported, it would be nice to turn the clock back a year and revisit the State Corporation Commission’s failed 2022 effort to impose a real performance standard on Dominion Energy Virginia’s … Continue reading →

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Destroying the Commonwealth in Order to Save it

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Barbara Hollingsworth

Members of the General Assembly who voted for a  bill in 2021 mandating that new vehicles sold in Virginia must be all-electric by 2035 forgot to do the math to show exactly how that would work in real life. As the … Continue reading →

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Jefferson Institute Efforts Helped Youngkin Repeal RGGI

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

  Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board voted Wednesday to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, keeping Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s promise to eliminate the related carbon tax that has been imposed on electricity ratepayers under RGGI since January 2021. It … Continue reading →

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Renewables or Fossil Fuels? Voters Want Both

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

Given a choice between an energy future that is a) dependent on generation using sun, wind or falling water, or b) dependent on thermal sources using fossil fuels or uranium, or c) a combination of both, which do Americans prefer?  … Continue reading →

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