Virginia Senate committee votes to responsibly close coal ash sites

Chris Graham

The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources voted to pass Senate Bill 1533 and refer it to the Senate Finance Committee by a vote of 9-5 on Thursday, the first step towards permanently dealing with the legacy of the toxic coal ash pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Northam announces over $600,000 in farmland preservation grants

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Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday the recipients of fiscal year 2019 farmland preservation grants. Six localities have been awarded a total of $633,831 from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Farmland Preservation. The funds will be used to permanently preserve working farmland through local Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) programs.

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SCC weighs in on Dominion Energy grid transformation plan

Chris Graham

The State Corporation Commission has approved the cyber and physical security provisions of a proposed grid transformation plan submitted by Dominion Energy Virginia. The SCC denied other provisions of the plan that were unsupported by the evidence or where the Commission determined the high costs to customers outweighed any proven benefits.