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The ill-conceived Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) has created an enormous stampede of proposed solar projects. The lineup of "subsidy farms" in progress is breathtaking. It is also stupid.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowance auction tax program (where electric power ratepayers have to pay for the allowances) is particularly nasty because the tax is unpredictable and can become very volatile.
In Episode 222 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses a breaking news story relating to the upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election and how the state's electric utility company funneled $200K to a shadowy leftist group discouraging gun voters from voting for Glenn Youngkin, who is more pro-gun than Terry McAuliffe.
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.
Frozen wind turbines, VCEA repeal, Biden's gun control proposals, and WI wolf quota hunt proceeds. These are the headlines you may have missed. We've got you covered at District of Conservation this week.
Virginia's 100% renewables mandate has been estimated to cost its people billions of dollars, but a more realistic estimate is trillions.
Without all the subsidies, renewable generated electricity costs consumers twenty times more than electricity supplied by existing sources.
Virginia is for lovers. But nowadays it is also for Green extremists.
By embracing radical environmentalism, Virginia seems to be vying with California for the title of the creator of the most destructive and unreliable energy policy at the highest cost to its citizens in the country.
Although the energy / emissions Plan is written in mind numbing legalese - designed to mask its true impact on electricity costs to VA consumers - its results are staggering and shocking