Category Archives: Energy

The War on Fossil Fuels

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Stephen D. Haner

The lesson of the Texas grid collapse is not just about electricity.  Imagine the week Texans would have had if once the power went out and stayed out, they had no gasoline, diesel, propane, or natural gas to fall back … Continue reading →

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Legislators Shift Green Energy Costs By Taxing All Other Customers, Employers

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Stephen D. Haner

Lower income Virginians who are customers of the two largest electricity providers may begin to receive subsidies on their residential bills in March 2022 under legislation moving forward in the General Assembly.  The money for the Percentage of Income Payment … Continue reading →

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Employer Escape From Green Energy Costs Blocked

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Stephen D. Haner

Virginia’s major energy-intensive industries will not get a requested path to avoid some of the coming cost shock from the 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The bill that sought them a lifeline was tied to an anvil and sunk in a … Continue reading →

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Virginia Cannot Afford Transportation and Climate Initiative

Posted on November 18, 2020 by William J. Howell

Few issues were more important during my time in the General Assembly than transportation funding. Representing a district filled with long-distance commuters and congested highways, it always was a struggle to balance the need for funds against public reluctance to … Continue reading →

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Wind and the Grid: A Precautionary Tale from the U.K.

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Jim Bacon

So, you think the rolling blackouts experienced in California were a fluke and of no relevance to Virginia? Well, then, consider what’s happening right now in the United Kingdom, where “unusually low wind output” and a series of planned power … Continue reading →

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