An American energy company based in Virginia is seeking to meet a growth in power demand at its highest since World War II. And this will mean an increase in electricity bills.
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Advocates, Legislators Are Confident Maryland Law to Rectify Retail Energy Market Will Survive Industry’s Legal Challenge
Inside Climate News
Energy justice advocates like Peltier and some concerned state legislators have long maintained that an unsupervised energy market opened the door to bait-and-switch practices by retail suppliers targeting low-income communities by dangling attractive introductory rates before raising them. In most cases, this happened without the customers’ knowledge, Peltier said.
Dominion: More Gas Plants — But Still Less Carbon Emissions
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A Dominion Energy plan that would more than double electricity output could cut the utility’s carbon emissions from current levels as it proposes to more than double solar and wind generation, even as it also calls for a 70% increase in natural gas-fired generators, a Richmond Times-Dispatch analysis found.
Once Again, Dominion’s Energy Plan Falls Short. This Time, The SCC Isn’t Having It.
Virginia Mercury
On October 15, Dominion Energy Virginia filed its 2024 integrated resource plan (IRP), and just as in 2023, the company shows no inclination to meet the carbon-cutting requirements of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). Blaming soaring load growth from data centers, Dominion models only scenarios with increasing amounts of fossil fuel generation to supplement its investments in renewable energy and nuclear.
Judge Should Stop Delay, Reject Annapolis, Anne Arundel County Suits Against Fossil Fuel Firms
Maryland Matters
With his May indecision on Annapolis and Anne Arundel County’s climate lawsuits — which allege that fossil fuel companies knew about the dangers of climate change but hid it so they could keep marketing their product — Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Steven Platt has failed Marylanders.
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We Need Distributed Solar And Energy Storage, Not Utility Monopolies
Canary Media
Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans?
The Surprising Winners — And Losers — Of America’s Clean Energy Boom
The Washington Post
Two years ago, Congress passed the biggest climate bill in U.S. history — the Inflation Reduction Act, which spurred growth in solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles across the country. But this gusher of cash has also created winners and losers, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the clean energy modeling think tank Rhodium Group.
Helene Was Supercharged By Ultra-warm Water Made Up To 500 Times More Likely By Global Warming, Study Finds
CNN
The exceptionally warm water of the Gulf of Mexico that supercharged deadly Helene last month was made up to 500 times more likely by human-caused climate change, which also ramped up the hurricane’s wind and rain, according to a new scientific analysis.
In A First, US Approves Massive New Lithium Mine In Nevada
Electrek
The US government has approved the construction of a massive new lithium mine on public land in Nevada as part of a strategy to break China’s dominance over the supply chain of critical minerals used in EVs. The mine will be a key supplier to Ford’s future EVs.
How US Cities Are Investing In Green Infrastructure
Smart Cities Dive
Bustling cities may seem far removed from a tranquil wetland or a quiet forest, but more urban leaders in the U.S. are trying to bring at least a little bit of nature back to their communities to mimic some of the benefits provided by such ecosystems.