Category Archives: Energy

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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Youngkin’s Energy Plan Pivots to Reason

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

In his newly released energy plan, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) makes it clear he sees the economic abyss created by the unrealistic and ideological green utopia demanded by his predecessor.  Seeing a looming disaster and stopping it are two different … Continue reading →

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Public Interest Groups Join to Explore Lawsuit over Dominion Windfarm

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Jefferson Policy Journal

A coalition of public interest groups – The Heartland Institute, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), and the American Coalition for Ocean Protection (ACOP) – announced in late September that they have hired counsel to explore a lawsuit protecting the right whale … Continue reading →

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Dominion Hides Threat to Whales

Posted on September 19, 2022 by David Wojick

Secrecy abounds around the monster offshore wind (OSW) project proposed by Dominion Energy. In this case it is all about the threat to the severely endangered North Atlantic Right Whales. I earlier reported on the big hidden whale study done by the … Continue reading →

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Jefferson Institute Legal Analysis: Performance Standard for Offshore Wind Farm is Proper

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

Despite Dominion Energy Virginia’s complaints that the Virginia State Corporation Commission has exceeded its authority, a legal analysis provided by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy finds that the SCC’s proposed performance standard for an offshore wind project is … Continue reading →

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