The Coalition to Protect Prince William County
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The totality of the impacts of unrestrained data center development was unknown — until now. The impacts are now clear: with PJM, our regional transmission line grid operator/manager, unveiling a multi-state solution to the threats of blackouts. It is undeniable that this massive infrastructure demand is “customer” driven
Understanding the ENORMITY of the Data Center Power & Generation Infrastructure
NEXT THURSDAY: ——————————- Our friends in West Virginia don’t appreciate being dragged into our data center power problem. “Northern Virginia communities need to go into this new power supply for their data centers with their eyes wide open. Are all the “benefits” they are receiving
HOA RT letter to County Exec Shorter Aug 28 2023
What Will Be On New PJM Lines? (stoppathwv.com) PJM Interconnection is the grid planner for the Mid-Atlantic region. PJM’s job is to keep the grid reliable and the electricity markets competitive. When load increases in PJM’s region without a corresponding increase in generation of electricity,
Dear Coalition Supporters, Before we get into the recent updates, we want to congratulate you on the impacts YOU have made by sending letters, speaking up, collecting recall signatures, volunteering at the polls, putting up signs, writing letters to the editor, joining the Coalition at rallies,
The below was sent August 18, 2023 to: Alex Vanegas – PW Planning Office David McGettigan – PW Acting Director of Planning Wade Hugh – PW Deputy County Executive for Community Planning Chris Shorter – PW County Executive Christina Winn – PW Executive Director Dept.
Letter: Virginia data centers could overwhelm the grid (richmond.com) Chair Ann Wheeler and her four fellow board members refuse to even entertain the notion that THEIR local decisions on data center development are contributing to these risks to providing reliable power. Letter: Blame data centers
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We thought it would be a good idea to resurrect one of our most recent cartoons to remind people why one-term Chair Ann Wheeler’s plan to industrialize western Prince William County is so dangerous. The Coalition to Protect PWC has already shared with you that we, along with nearly
Opinion: Lame duck supervisors showed they will push more damaging land use decisions (potomaclocal.com) Letters to the Editor July 26, 2023 at 2:13pm [Photo: Markus Winkler/Unsplash] “It is important that elected representatives be accountable, consistent, transparent, and fair in decision-making. We must call them out when
There are very few instances in life where the lessons of history do not need time to be validated. We are experiencing one of those rare opportunities. History is judging in real time. This Board of County Supervisors does not need hindsight to understand the
Once again, local politics was reduced yesterday to a party line vote, with Jeanine Lawson’s resolution failing 5-3. Don’t Supervisors Vic Angry and Ann Wheeler KNOW they already voted unanimously to approve a lame duck resolution in 2020 put forward by Kenny Boddye? Here it is: https://eservice.pwcgov.org/…/agendas/2020/0204/9-qq.pdf The 2020
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Media Advisory Citizens from throughout the county will be speaking up at a citizen-led press conference supporting a commonsense lame-duck resolution to refrain from voting on contentious land use applications post-November election until the new Board returns in January, after their scheduled winter break. Chair
The news about Prince William County’s data center disaster is now spreading beyond our county, our state, and our country. Whether it’s the monstrosity called Villages Technology Park in Gainesville that Wheeler, Franklin, Boddye, Bailey, and Angry approved after being warned it was going to
Dear Neighbors, Friends, and PWC Residents, Over the past two years – together: We have traveled twice to Richmond to support legislation to control data center proliferation. We have marched in a parade highlighting the unique qualities of our Rural Crescent. We have initiated TWO recalls: one
This is something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to NOW: “As the data center industry’s appetite for energy continues to grow, land with access to the massive amounts of power these facilities need has become scarce in major data center hubs like Northern Virginia and Silicon Valley. It’s
On May 23, concerning land-use management behaviors were on full display at the Prince William Board of County Supervisors meeting. The Rock Water Farm’s application for a special use permit to operate a landscaping and truck facility along U.S. 15 in the Gainesville District was
LETTER: There’s something we can do about corporate influence in land-use decisions: VOTE | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com In Prince William County, the influence brought to bear by developers, data centers, and their law firms on all aspects of this county and its operations is pervasive,