Category: In the News
NO TIME TO WASTE! Get on the Bus Feb. 9 – Send YOUR Letters
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, (Take Action Below!) Can you believe it: The Data Center Coalition wants us to ‘THANK THEM’ for being ‘willing’ to turn on their diesel generators — to protect a grid that THEIR load demand is putting at risk?! Recent updated calculations identify
UPDATE: Vint Hill Substation Application DEFERRED – Jan. 20 Evening BOCS Meeting CANCELLED
UPDATE: The Vint Hill Gas Insulated Substation Application was DEFERRED. The January 20 7:00 PM evening BOCS meeting has been CANCELLED. —————————- Tell the BOCS: NO to Vint Hill Substation. Stand up for the health and well-being of residents. (See action items below.) Supervisor Vic Angry, now
Be Bold – Say NO to Vint Hill Gas Insulated Substation
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, Tell the BOCS: NO to Vint Hill Substation. Stand up for the health and well-being of residents. (See action items below.) Supervisor Vic Angry, now Vice Chair, proclaimed from the dais, “It’s time for bold decisions.” We AGREE, IT IS
Poll: 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 16, 2026 Contact: Victoria Higgins, Virginia Director, vhiggins@chesapeakeclimate.org, 201-937-7017 KC Chartrand, Communications Director, kc@chesapeakeclimate.org, 240-620-7144 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts
Momentum is Growing – Make the Data Centers Pay THEIR Share!
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, February 9 Get on the bus and lobby for data center accountability Data Center Reform Lobby Day Tickets, Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM | Eventbrite It is impossible to miss the avalanche of bad news for the Data
Inside NoVa: Prince William has spent $1.6M defending Digital Gateway
Prince William has spent $1.6M defending Digital Gateway | Prince William | insidenova.com
Breaking News – For Immediate Release
Dear Coalition Friends and Neighbors, For Immediate Release January 5, 2026 LEADING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS PUNCH BACK AGAINST WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER COMPLEX, FILE AMICUS BRIEF Groups say the Prince William Digital Gateway threatens irreparable harm to historic, natural and cultural resources (Manassas, Virginia) — Today,
Amicus Brief – Digital Gateway Court of Appeals – Jan. 5, 2026
Amicus 010526 1584-25-4 et al. Brief of Amici Curiae Amicus Participants 010526 1584-25-4 et al. Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief
PEC: It’s Time for Virginia to Pause Data Center Approvals
It’s Time for Virginia to Pause Data Center Approvals – The Piedmont Environmental Council
Coalition Responds to DEQ – Get YOUR Comments In!
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, We wanted to share the Coalition Letter to Virginia’s DEQ for two reasons: ** We wanted to remind you to send in a few brief comments expressing your concerns to DEQ. Their main job, as a science-based non-partisan government agency — their “only”
Coalition Comment to DEQ: NO to new DEQ on-site generator guidance
DEQ comments 120125 ProtectPWC.org December 1, 2025 NO to new DEQ on-site generator guidance The observation of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County is fairly simple. What this new proposed DEQ “guidance” demonstrates is that our public utility system is broken. We reject
PJM: Data Center-Driven Transmission Expansion Projects – November 2025
PJM Data Center Driven Projects 2022 to Present November 2025
Invasion of the Transmission Line Monsters
Dear Coalition Supporters and Friends, This is TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! We are being inundated by yet more data center energy infrastructure. READ THIS! With all the data centers being built and approved in our region, the reality is that the expansion of the power corridor between
Letter to PJM: PJM CIFP Fast Tracking — Comments & Recommendations — Coalition to Protect Prince William County
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2025 12:16 PM To: ‘Michele.Greening@pjm.com’ <Michele.Greening@pjm.com>; ‘lynn.horning@pjm.com’ <lynn.horning@pjm.com> Cc: ‘elena s’ <elenalouise@hotmail.com>; ‘karensheehan@verizon.net’ <karensheehan@verizon.net>; ‘Cindy Burbank’ <cindy.burbank@comcast.net>; ‘Julie Bolthouse’ <jbolthouse@pecva.org>; ‘Denise Schefer’ <denise.schefer@gmail.com>; ‘PJ Leary’ <pjleary1@gmail.com>; ‘Evelyn Eichorn’ <eeichorn@pecva.org>; ‘Dave Gibson’ <davegibson3@gmail.com>; ‘OPC@maryland.gov’ <OPC@maryland.gov>; ‘ma@monitoringanalytics.com’ <ma@monitoringanalytics.com>; ‘william.fields@maryland.gov’ <william.fields@maryland.gov>; ‘trutigliano@nrdc.org’ <trutigliano@nrdc.org>; ‘clang-ree@nrdc.org’
Press Conference/Rally – Standing United Against More Data Center Powerlines
What: Rally and Press Conference Opposing yet ANOTHER 230kV Data Center Transmission Line When: Wednesday, November 5th – 5:30 pm Where: GMU Beacon Hall, 10945 George Mason Circle, Manassas Who: Vida Carroll – CABSA Senator Danica Roem Delegate Ian Lovejoy Gainesville Supervisor Candidate Patrick Harders Jeanne
It’s Time for a MORATORIUM
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, We understand how frustrating this past week has been. We all keep stepping up and demanding better from our local leaders, yet what we are witnessing in return is their blatant disrespect and disregard. Their unwillingness to open their eyes,
Community is ALL that matters
Dear Friends and Supporters – We all experience those moments…. when the fight feels too big, too hard, too impossible. Do we have the energy to keep fighting. To keep rolling that rock up the mountain, hoping at some point we will reach that pinnacle when we finally
ABC-WJLA: Are AI data centers in Virginia raising your electric bill? Dominion Energy responds
Are AI data centers in Virginia raising your electric bill? Dominion Energy responds