3+ week, 2+ day ago   (598+ words) Virginia's booming data center buildout has intensified a fight over who should fund the power infrastructure needed to support it. For households, the answer could show up as higher monthly electric bills. Gov. Abigail Spanberger says data centers should cover…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (539+ words) State regulators in Virginia are rethinking who should absorb the cost of the major transmission buildout needed as data centers push electricity demand higher. As Virginia Mercury reported, a new order could place a larger share of those expenses on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (905+ words) Produced by environmental scientists, the report — which the state for more than six months had refused to release — said regulators should have more authority to reject industrial water withdrawal permits, force entities to examine alternative sources of water and clamp…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) (VIRGINIA MERCURY) - Virginia is poised to reenter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this summer, a move that could again add a monthly charge to electricity customers’ bills as utilities resume buying carbon credits. State officials expect the commonwealth to participate…...

6+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (599+ words) With the House of Delegates and the state Senate at loggerheads over a $1.9 billion tax break for data centers, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is floating a new idea for ensuring data centers pay their fair share of the costs they impose…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) In a region widely regarded as the data centre capital of the world, voters are pushing back against soaring electricity prices. In Northern Virginia, data centres are emerging as a flashpoint over power demand and infrastructure strain. NORTHERN VIRGINIA: Rising…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1196+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom delivers the most comprehensive, eye-opening and influential climate coverage in the nation, and more of it than anyone else. We call power holders to account for their actions, put facts front and center and stand up to…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (352+ words) Appalachian Voices, a nonprofit environmental and public health organization that monitors utilities closely, praised the SCC’s creation of a new rate class. “Residential customers should not be subsidizing these wealthy companies, and Virginians are relying on the commission to address…...