NextEra Energy wants to buy Dominion Energy: This one’s about data centers, AI
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The deal that would have NextEra Energy outright purchasing Dominion Energy is about meeting electricity demand from data centers that run AI.
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SCC denies Dominion Energy request to slash rooftop solar reimbursements
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Dominion Energy asked the State Corporation Commission to cut compensation rates for rooftop solar customers who send excess energy to the grid.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: Are fossil fuel interests actually losing now?
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The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill to extend the EnergyShare program of Dominion Energy to 2038 and increase its budget.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: Everything complicated by war in Iran
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The Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act subsidizes fossil fuels by an average of $3.5 billion each year, according to a new report from Senate Budget Committee Democrats.
Earl Zimmerman: March 2026 Climate and Energy News Roundup
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The Rockingham County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected an application to build a 20-acre solar panel facility northeast of Harrisonburg.
UVA Board of Visitors elects new leaders: Cleaning house from the MAGA era
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The UVA Board of Visitors has new leadership: out, the MAGAs who forced a lackluster guy into the president’s office; in, two Abigail Spanberger appointees whose mission needs to be, cleaning house.
Earl Zimmerman: February 2026 Climate and Energy News Roundup
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Solar can save Virginia farms if state and local government gets out of the way.
What’s being done, with the rise of AI, to make data centers more energy efficient?
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The modern world hums with data, over 2.5 quintillion bytes generated every day, driving a growing network of data centers that consume 1 to 2 percent of global electricity.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: December 2025
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Fresh off a decisive election win, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy, vowing energy affordability for regular ratepayers, boosting in-state power generation, and forcing data centers to “pay their fair share.”
Climate and Energy News Roundup: November 2025
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The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is organizing a Climate Action Celebration and Call to Action at the Massanutten Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
