On February 3, 2022, CFACT President Craig Rucker testified to the Commerce and Energy Subcommittee of the Virginia House of Delegates in opposition to the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The VCEA, signed into law in 2020, mandates Virginia’s electric grid transition to 100% so-called “clean” energy by 2050. The law is going to drastically increase energy prices and destroy much of Virginia’s forests and farmland in order to build solar facilities. At the subcommittee hearing, the bill aiming to repeal the VCEA (HB 118, sponsored by Del. Nick Freitas) was reported out favorably and referred to the full House Commerce and Energy Committee for consideration......
Yet, not everyone was in favor of repealing the VCEA .......... What was most strange was that they were all in agreement with Dominion Energy – Virginia’s largest energy utility. Dominion testified against repealing the VCEA as well. Dominion isn’t eager to lose all the government subsidies in the VCEA; no matter the negative impact such programs are going to have on consumers...........To Read More.....
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