ICN Virginia

Virginia Regulators Approve First New Gas Plant Since Passage of Clean Economy Act

Dominion Energy presented the Chesterfield peaker plant as an answer to ensuring grid reliability. Some residents and clean energy advocates disagree.

By Charles Paullin

After Missing 2025 Goals, Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup

By Aman Azhar

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong

County Planning Commission in Virginia Delays Vote Again on Proposed Gas Plant That Aims to Link to PJM Grid

By Charles Paullin

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin

‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy

By Charles Paullin

Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs

By Marianne Lavelle

In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills

By Charles Paullin

CSX Train Derailment in Virginia Puts Chickahominy River at Risk

By Charles Paullin

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong

How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World?

By Dan Gearino, Charles Paullin

A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties—to Dominion

By Charles Paullin

At a Solar Energy Conference, the Star Is … the Soil?

By Rambo Talabong

Gas Plant That’s Part of PJM’s Fast-Tracked Process Is Getting Pushback in Virginia 

By Charles Paullin

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

By Aman Azhar

Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation

By Deep Vakil, Charles Paullin

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads

By Aman Azhar