ICN Virginia

Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers

Provisions could cut down on speculative growth in the data center sector, but don’t go far enough in protecting residential ratepayers, consumer advocates say.

By Charles Paullin

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Can a Flood-Prone Coastal City Learn to Live With Water?

By Phred Dvorak

Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators 

By Charles Paullin

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

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