Articles Tagged with ''Virginia State Corporation Commission (VA SCC)''

Virginia researchers' report on a new computer model shows the state is on track to zero out its carbon emissions by 2050.

A report found that Dominion can meet the VCEA’s 1.25% energy savings target for 2022, but the utility admitted it's unlikely to meet the 5% target for 2025.

The Sierra Club urged the Virginia SCC to reject APCo’s bid for $31.6 million in environmental costs for two coal-fired plants, saying they should be retired.

Dominion Energy admitted it is likely to fall short of Virginia's energy savings requirements, while environmental groups urged more aggressive measures.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission on April 30 gave Dominion Energy the go-ahead to spend $10.4 million to build three solar projects totaling 82 MW, saying the company had submitted a "reasonable and prudent" plan for complying with the renewable portfolio standards of Virginia’s landmark Clean Economy Act (VCEA) (PUR-2020-00134).

Bills approved in Virginia’s recently concluded 2021 legislative session will tighten vehicle emission standards, promote electric vehicles and streamline permitting for energy storage projects. Lawmakers also created a program for developing renewable energy on brownfields and former coal mines and ordered an inventory of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Much...

For decades, rural Scott County, Va., has been transporting thousands of students daily in diesel-powered school buses. Drivers shift the rumbling yellow vehicles into low gear to climb the Blue Ridge Mountains, expelling plumes of carbon dioxide, a cause of climate change, and particulate matter, which can cause respiratory ailments.