About Collister Johnson

Johnson has spent the last four decades working in the public and private sectors in Virginia, primarily in the fields of project finance and maritime transportation. He began his career in public service as Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Port Authority. He was appointed by President George W. Bush, and confirmed by the Senate, as a member of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and most recently, as Administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. In that capacity, he became knowledgeable in the field of climate and its impact on the Great Lakes. He currently serves on CFACT's Board of Advisors. Johnson holds a B.A. degree from Yale University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.

why has Dominion Energy’s stock plunged 50% in one year?

Investors fled as Dominion stock plummeted from $82,12 to $40.23 per share.

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|2023-11-28T11:59:53-05:00November 29th, 2023|Comments Off on why has Dominion Energy’s stock plunged 50% in one year?

BOEM’S Right Whale coverup and deception

BOEM pretends it knows the noise impairment levels for Right Whales but hides its own admitted lack of knowledge on the issue and also obscures its ongoing research.

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|2023-09-30T15:08:04-04:00September 27th, 2023|Comments Off on BOEM’S Right Whale coverup and deception

Could Federal courts roll back climate regulatory overreach?

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has recently decided two cases which indicate that federal district courts are prepared to roll back the relentless onslaught of regulatory overreach advanced by the Biden Administration.

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|2023-07-27T09:33:06-04:00July 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Could Federal courts roll back climate regulatory overreach?

Is Dominion’s offshore wind project ‘arbitrary and capricious’? NOAA says YES!

In NOAA's own opinion there will be eight human caused dead Right Whales caused by the project every year, even though the allowable amount is zero!

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|2023-05-25T22:40:47-04:00May 27th, 2023|Comments Off on Is Dominion’s offshore wind project ‘arbitrary and capricious’? NOAA says YES!

As whales wash up, Feds push “Green” energy on inadequate knowledge

Have federal regulators turned a blind eye to the possibility of offshore wind farm encroachment on whale habitats?

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|2023-03-13T15:58:50-04:00March 14th, 2023|Comments Off on As whales wash up, Feds push “Green” energy on inadequate knowledge

Why are whales dying off the East Coast?

There is nothing like a cluster of large whales washing up dead on the shores of New York, New Jersey, and Virginia.

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|2023-02-13T13:17:07-05:00February 14th, 2023|Comments Off on Why are whales dying off the East Coast?

Biden Administration throws lobstermen under the bus

The dilemma is how to pretend that it is doing everything it can to protect the critically endangered Right Whale, while at the same time green-lighting massive wind energy industrialization of the ocean waters off the East Coast.

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|2023-01-31T14:29:20-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on Biden Administration throws lobstermen under the bus

CFACT official submission on Right Whales and Big Wind

BOEM cannot research, collaborate, minimize, mitigate, monitor, avoid, evaluate, or otherwise strategize its way out of a zero take marine environment for the North Atlantic Right Whale.

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|2022-11-30T15:33:13-05:00November 30th, 2022|Comments Off on CFACT official submission on Right Whales and Big Wind

Gov. Youngkin’s energy plan: Serious reform or public relations head fake?

Would the new Youngkin Plan rein in these massive renewable energy boondoggles?

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|2022-10-11T21:10:30-04:00October 12th, 2022|Comments Off on Gov. Youngkin’s energy plan: Serious reform or public relations head fake?

Virginia SCC exposes Dominion Energy’s double-dipping ploy

The Offshore Wind Project consists of 176 wind turbines, each larger than the Washington Monument, to be erected 27 miles out in the open ocean off the shore of Virginia Beach, at an initial estimated cost of $10 billion.

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|2022-09-06T15:49:22-04:00September 3rd, 2022|Comments Off on Virginia SCC exposes Dominion Energy’s double-dipping ploy

Dominion Energy wins, Virginia consumers lose

The Dominion Energy offshore wind project is the largest, riskiest, and costliest public works project ever undertaken in Virginia history.

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|2022-06-13T12:44:23-04:00June 8th, 2022|Comments Off on Dominion Energy wins, Virginia consumers lose

Virginia electricity consumers left defenseless

The ill- named Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) in 2020, it imposed on the Commonwealth the most radical electrical energy policy in its history.

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|2022-03-07T11:13:23-05:00March 7th, 2022|Comments Off on Virginia electricity consumers left defenseless

Virginia’s coming elections to present showdown over renewable energy mandates

With the State-wide election in Virginia only two months away, it will be interesting to see how much the issue of “renewable energy” plays.

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|2021-09-01T10:21:54-04:00September 3rd, 2021|Comments Off on Virginia’s coming elections to present showdown over renewable energy mandates

American Petroleum Institute’s abject surrender and ignominious defeat

Perhaps you would expect API to launch a vigorous defense of fossil fuels, but you would be wrong - very wrong.

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|2021-05-28T09:09:24-04:00May 28th, 2021|Comments Off on American Petroleum Institute’s abject surrender and ignominious defeat

Memo to the fossil fuel industry: Wake up and fight!

The Administration has demanded the fossil fuel industry to accept the elimination of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity by 2035 as part of its “infrastructure plan.” This directive is insane.

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|2021-04-12T11:46:18-04:00April 11th, 2021|Comments Off on Memo to the fossil fuel industry: Wake up and fight!
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