Governor, energy companies say they want more lenient clean power plan (RTD)
Energy executives lined up Tuesday to slam a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to sharply cut carbon dioxide emissions. The EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan would force Virginia to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 38 percent by 2030. Much of the reduction in emissions would need to happen by 2020, when the EPA […]
Warner, Kaine call for revenue sharing for offshore drilling in Atlantic – (Daily Press)
Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine teamed up with their counterparts from North Carolina, South Carolina an Georgia asking for legislation to allow Atlantic coast states to receive the same portion of revenue from offshore energy production as Gulf Coast states currently receive for oil and gas drilling off their shores. Click Here for Full […]
Virginia Chamber to host energy, sustainability conference (Associated Press)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Chamber of Commerce will host a conference next week on energy and sustainability. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is scheduled to give a briefing on Virginia’s energy plan during the April 14 conference in Richmond. There also will be panel discussions on how federal regulations will affect Virginia companies and on […]
SWVa. produces half the coal it did 10 years ago after closings, layoffs (TriCities.com)
Coal has seen its share of booms and busts throughout the past century, but some say the current downturn in the industry is the worst they can remember. “The only one I can remember like the one now was in the mid-50s,” said Harry Childress, who has worked in the mines his whole life and […]
VA Chamber Submits Comments to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Support of Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Off the Coast of Virginia
A sensible long term energy policy must include our offshore resources. New resources will ensure that the U.S. economy and its consumers have access to domestic energy for years to come. VA Chamber BOEM Comments OCS Leasing and PEIS 3.19.15
Dominion bill would benefit public
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH Coal piles at Dominion Power’s Chesterfield Power Station. (Times-Dispatch/Alexa Welch Edlund) Posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015 10:30 pm BY BARRY DUVAL Last fall, I wrote about the challenges to Virginia’s electricity rates and reliability presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft “Clean Power Plan.” The proposed environmental rule imposes a disproportionately […]
Clean Power Plan
In June 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units (known as the “Clean Power Plan”), citing Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. The Clean Power Plan sets carbon dioxide emission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to address greenhouse […]
Virginia Chamber Co-Hosts Executive Briefing on Governor’s Energy Plan
Governor Terry McAuliffe today formally unveiled the 2014 Virginia Energy Plan at an event co-sponsored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters. The Governor laid out his strategic vision for energy policy in Virginia in front of a mixture of members of the business and conservation communities. For Immediate […]
Governor Announces 2014 Virginia Energy Plan
Governor McAuliffe releases the 2014 Virginia Energy Plan to provide a strategic vision for energy policy in the Commonwealth. The Governor’s Energy Plan is consistent with the principles outlined in Blueprint Virginia. On October 1st, Governor McAuliffe released the 2014 Virginia Energy Plan. The plan focuses on four themes: • Growing untapped areas of the […]
