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Dying for a Photo Op
This post has been excerpted from a longer column published in The Republican Standard. — JAB by Shaun Kenney Two things have always bothered me about Charlottesville 2017. First, that the political Left never mentions that three people died that … Continue reading
Conference Explores VA Rush to Copy CA Energy
by Steve Haner Californians were again this week under an electricity “flex alert,” a conservation order required because of its reliance on unreliable solar and wind energy. They often cannot keep up with demand on the hotter days. Is this … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Regulations and Government Oversight, Resilience, Taxes, Transportation, Unions
Tagged RGGI, Stephen D. Haner, TCI
Solar Industry Poll Favors (Surprise) Solar Industry
by Steve Haner You will never find a better example of blatant question bias in a poll: “Do you agree or disagree that solar farms are better than other types of development because they do not pollute the environment and … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Energy, General Assembly, Politics, Regulations and Government Oversight, Taxes
Tagged Stephen D. Haner
RGGI Tax Appears on Dominion Bills in September
by Steve Haner In a polite but clear “the emperor has no clothes” message, a member of the State Corporation Commission has questioned the need to impose a carbon tax to cut carbon emissions from electric generation by 30%, when … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, General Assembly, Regulations and Government Oversight, Taxes
Tagged Dominion. RGGI, Stephen D. Haner
SCC Starts Review of Dominion Wind Proposal
by Steve Haner Acting on its own initiative, the State Corporation Commission has established a docket to consider the coming application from Dominion Energy Virginia for its massive offshore wind proposal, the centerpiece of Virginia Democrats’ plan to save us … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, General Assembly, Regulations and Government Oversight
Tagged CVOW, Dominion, Stephen D. Haner
On the Road Again!
by James A, Bacon Congress just passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, but I’ll tell you who needs some stimulus after a year of COVID-19 shutdown — it’s the Bacon family. Laura and I recently got vaccination shots (one each), … Continue reading
Enviros Help Kill Dominion EV School Bus Bill
by Steve Haner When the Senate bill that allowed Dominion Energy Virginia to buy a fleet of electric school buses with ratepayer dollars was up for discussion last week, three environmentalist lobbyists spoke against it. They focused on the excessive … Continue reading
Industrial Escape from Green Energy Costs Blocked
by Steve Haner Virginia’s major energy-intensive industries will not get a requested path to avoid some of the coming cost shock from the 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The bill that sought them a lifeline was tied to an … Continue reading
Medicaid Enrollment Reaches 1.5 Million Virginians
By Steve Haner Just under two years into Virginia’s Medicaid expansion, and less than one year into a pandemic-sparked economic crisis, enrollment in the program is now about 1.5 million Virginians. Enrollment has grown more than 25% in less than … Continue reading
GOP Group Seeks Repeal of 2020 Energy Omnibus
By Steve Haner A Virginia GOP activist group aimed at suburban voters will be advocating repeal of the Virginia Clean Economy Act by the 2021 General Assembly, seeking to return a herd of cows that is well out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, General Assembly, Regulations and Government Oversight
Tagged Stephen D. Haner
RGGI Carbon Tax Hits Dominion Bills Next Summer
By Steve Haner Beginning August 1 of next year, Dominion Energy Virginia proposes to begin to collect the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon tax from its customers, collecting $168 million during the first year through yet another of those proliferating … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, General Assembly, Regulations and Government Oversight, Taxes
Tagged Dominion. RGGI, Stephen D. Haner
Assembly May Add Unpaid Power Bills to Yours
By Steve Haner The General Assembly is moving toward a second method of transferring money from electricity customers who can pay their bills to those who cannot. A Senate bill up today will allow Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power … Continue reading
How Discount Power For Poor Will Raise Your Bill
By Steve Haner Virginia’s two major electric utilities estimate that as many as 150,000 of their poorest residential customers will see their monthly bills reduced next year using money extracted from all their other customers on their own power bills. … Continue reading
Dominion’s Base Rates Like Cable You Can’t Cancel
By Steve Haner The 2020 effort to bring Dominion Energy Virginia back under full State Corporation Commission regulation failed because too many of the loudest advocates are two-faced hypocrites. If they truly cared about ratepayers and the proper balance in … Continue reading
The Ohio Energy Bill Subsidy Virginia Would Copy
by Steve Haner Both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate have voted to increase the price of electricity to most Virginians in order to subsidize the bills of low-income utility customers. How much? They have no idea. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, General Assembly, Poverty & income gap, Social Services and Entitlements
Tagged APCO, Dominion, Stephen D. Haner
