natural gas
Natural gas projects accelerate as Virginia’s energy needs soar
Virginia’s booming data center industry is driving unprecedented energy demands, straining the state’s natural gas infrastructure and prompting calls for new pipelines. A Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) report warns that expanding pipeline capacity may be necessary to meet the surge, bringing with it additional logistical and environmental challenges. Some efforts to expand […]
Chesterfield community convenes ‘People’s Hearing’ absent a county-held one
CHESTERFIELD – About 150 Chesterfield County residents showed up Tuesday to again oppose Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed gas plant that the utility says is needed to meet rising energy demand in the state. The Friends of the Chesterfield, a group formed to push back against the plant, held their own “People’s Hearing” in lieu of […]
Dominion pushes for renewables, more natural gas in latest long-term plan
Virginia’s largest utility, Dominion Energy, on Tuesday filed an update to its long-term electricity generation plan showing the majority of energy it expects to produce will come from renewable sources. Dominion’s revamped, non-binding Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) looks 15 years into the future to detail how power will be provided and calls for an “all-of-the-above” approach that […]