Category Archives: Energy

Small Customers In Danger When Energy Elephants Dance

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

The Virginia House of Delegates is expected to vote this week to exempt certain Virginia manufacturers, which ones to be determined later, from the coming wave of energy costs created by Virginia’s rapid transition to unreliable forms of power generation. … Continue reading →

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Complex Energy Bill Will Raise Costs to Customers

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

The headlines in the coming General Assembly may be captured by fights over abortion and taxes, but the deepest reach into your pockets will involve your energy bills. The state’s dominant electric utility appears to once again be seeking to amend … Continue reading →

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Feds Admit: Ocean Wind Projects Threaten Whales

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

Soon after a group of opponents to proposed East Coast offshore wind projects hired a law firm with environmental regulation expertise, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a new plan to protect North Atlantic Right Whales and … Continue reading →

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Wind Projects Faltering

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

In recent days several proposed offshore wind projects, which unlike Virginia’s are not guaranteed by captive ratepayers, are showing cracks in their pylons. Multinational developer Avangrid recently told Massachusetts regulators that its proposed 1.2 gigawatt Commonwealth Wind project is no … Continue reading →

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Wind Change: Turbine Failure Risk Back on Customers

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

The big risk with Dominion Energy Virginia’s planned offshore wind extravaganza has always been that either the wind out in the Atlantic blows too little or it blows too much.  Too little and the ratepayers are paying an inordinate amount … Continue reading →

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