Category: Dominion Power
Hold the Board to its promise to raise Data Center taxes
Some supervisors want to go slow in order not to cause the Data Center industry any growing pains. We reject that position. The Data Center industry already gets a sweet deal with their bulk load discount rate from Dominion Energy, from other incentives from the
Virginia Mercury: Now what the heck do we do about data centers?
Now what the heck do we do about data centers? • Virginia Mercury Ivy Main April 3, 2024 Virginia’s 2024 legislative session wrapped up last month without any action to avert the energy crisis that is hurtling towards us. Crisis is not too
PWC Must SAY NO NOW to any more Data Centers!
Dear neighbors, friends, and supporters! The quote by Lao Tzu, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,” encapsulates an essential and profound truth about life – and reversing the tide on data center sprawl. Finally, the Loudoun Board of Supervisors reacted to
MSN report: Washington Post – America is running out of electricity as tech companies sap the country’s aging power grid
Amid record high energy demand, America is running out of electricity – The Washington Post Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power (msn.com) AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. Story
Next Door: 3/3/24 Man Receives Electric Shock Burn under Transmission Lines along WO&D Trail
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Buckle Up Prince William County: MORE Transmission Lines
Dear Coalition friends and supporters, We want to impress upon you, and our Supervisors, the magnitude of transmission lines and substations that are gathering like a storm at our collective doorstep. All for one undeniable reason. The Dominion Representative in Monday’s “stakeholder” meeting confirmed it
Dominion’s Massive “Extension Cord” for Data Centers through Gainesville and Brentsville districts
Barely five years after dealing with citizen uproar over multiple route possibilities cutting through communities for the Haymarket Transmission line, Dominion Energy is at it again. Dominion submitted the Daves Store Transmission line route to the SCC on Feb. 9, 2024 — completely ignoring citizen input.
Newsweek: Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert
Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert (newsweek.com) By Adam Piore Published Feb 08, 2024 Extreme weather is revealing the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid—with increasingly catastrophic consequences. Downed power lines likely played a role in igniting both the deadly 2018
OilPrice.com: AI Boom Could Slow U.S. Clean Grid Ambitions
AI Boom Could Slow U.S. Clean Grid Ambitions | OilPrice.com By Tsvetana Paraskova – Jan 26, 2024, 6:00 PM CST AI data centers have become a significant burden for utilities. Some utilities in the eastern and southern parts of the U.S. are proposing build-outs of new natural
ZeroHedge: These Are The 50 Top Power-Consuming Data-Center Markets In The World
These Are The 50 Top Power-Consuming Data-Center Markets In The World | ZeroHedge These Are The 50 Top Power-Consuming Data-Center Markets In The World BY TYLER DURDEN TUESDAY, JAN 16, 2024 – 05:45 AM We live in an information-abundant digital world, where data is the
Loudoun Now: Department of Energy Changes Could Pose More Challenges for Power Line Opponents
Department of Energy Changes Could Pose More Challenges for Power Line Opponents | News | loudounnow.com Hanna Pampaloni January 16, 2024 Powerlines cross Philip A. Bolen Park south of Leesburg. Loudoun Now As Loudoun County residents organize to fight a power line project that
Bisnow: ‘We’re Not Even Close’: Data Center Power Crunch Gets Worse, With No End In Sight
‘We’re Not Even Close’: Data Center Power Crunch Gets Worse, With No End In Sight (bisnow.com) NationalData Center January 15, 2024 Dan Rabb, Data Centers Data center developers are facing a worsening energy crisis that has escalated as utilities struggle to keep up with the needs of the
Financial Times: Resurgent US electricity demand sparks power grid warnings
Resurgent US electricity demand sparks power grid warnings (ft.com) “…The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a regulatory body, has sharply increased projections for peak power demand for the next decade, reversing steady or falling growth rates from previous years…” “…Jim Robb, NERC’s chief executive, told
Prince William Times: New high-voltage transmission line for Gainesville data centers is already facing pushback from activists
New high-voltage transmission line for Gainesville data centers is already facing pushback from activists | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Jan 8, 2024 Updated 18 hrs ago A rendering of the I-66/U.S. 29 Technology Park, which was approved by the Prince William Board
DEMAND This Newest Transmission Line Go Underground – And Customers Pay!
We warned Supervisors Ann Wheeler, Kenny Boddye, Andrea Bailey, Victor Angry, and Margaret Franklin that data center development had impacts not only to the residents nearby, with industrialization of their communities, but that EVERY Dominion Energy rate payer would be responsible for covering ALL the power
Daves Store Transmission Line Routes – Map 121923
DavesStore Preliminary Transmission Line Routes_Final 12-19-23 (1)
dcist: Metro, Stadium Deal, Data Centers Among Northern Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket
Metro, Stadium Deal, Data Centers Among Northern Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket | DCist Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket Margaret Barthel Jan 4, 2024 The Virginia General Assembly session begins on Jan. 10. Tyrone Turner / DCist/WAMU Virginia lawmakers will head to Richmond
Virginia Business: Tax-rich data centers stir up county controversy
Data mining – Virginia Business Tax-rich data centers stir up county controversy PUBLISHED DECEMBER 31, 2023BY SABRINA MORENO Elena Schlossberg spent more than three years fighting the Prince William Digital Gateway, approved Dec. 13, 2023, by the county’s board of supervisors on a 3-4 vote. Photo by