Tag: SCC

From the Democratic Party of Virginia: Dishonest Republicans Ram Conspiracy Theorist Onto State Corporation Commission After going back on their promise to not bring SCC nominee to vote...

According to the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), "BREAKING: For the first time, #Virginia officials reject Dominion Energy's long-term #energy plans, including inflated energy...

by Ivy Main, cross posted from Power for the People VA It’s no secret the State Corporation Commission didn’t like this year’s big energy bill,...

Earlier today, Gov. Northam issued the following statement (see below) "regarding the double-digit health insurance rate increases Virginians can anticipate as a result of...

Recently, State Senator Scott Surovell wrote an op-ed which noted that, in addition to the GOP-controlled Virginia General Assembly failing to pass a budget, they...

How slimy and corrupt is the "Virginia Way?" How about this one. Seriously, former Sen. John Watkins (R), who patroned the following resolution literally...

Check out the following video from yesterday's floor debate in the Virginia House of Delegates on the Dominion bill as Delegates Lee Ware (R)...

by Ivy Main, cross posted from Power for the People VA Last week I called it a pig of a bill, because calling it a dog...

By Josh Stanfield of Activate Virginia Electric rates in Virginia are too high, and that’s because the General Assembly has enabled utilities to overcharge. We...

Cross-posted from that paragon of journalism and reporting Richmond Progressive Examiner.

Dominion Virginia Power would like to build another power plant in Brunswick County that will allegedly save Virginians money over its "expected life" while reducing the quality of living over the course of the "expected lives" of several generations who have been forced to live with more dirty fossil fuel sources of energy (this last half is my own assessment!).

In its unshaking thoughtfulness for its 'customers', Dominion Virginia Power has proposed building a $1.3 billion, 1,358-megawatt, gas-fired power plant close to a town called Lawrenceville in Brunswick County, Virginia. In making a case for its construction, Dominion is arguing that the new gas-fired power plant will save customers almost $1 billion over the projected life of the power plant relative to the "next best alternative."

The alleged demand for more generating capacity would be met with this new plant, according to Dominion. But an State Corporation Commission (SCC) Hearing Examiner, A. Ann Berkebile, didn't agree with Dominion's assessment, and coming from anyone inside a historically Dominion-friendly agency like the SCC, the Hearing Examiner's conclusion was all the more powerful.