Charles Paullin
Virginia Correspondent
Charles Paullin is a Richmond, Virginia-based reporter focusing on energy and environment issues. He’s won several awards for his previous work covering state policy with the Virginia Mercury and local news with the Northern Virginia Daily in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. His first reporting gig was with the New Britain Herald in Connecticut, a couple years after attending the University of Hartford, where he first studied sports journalism.
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
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
Gas Plant That’s Part of PJM’s Fast-Tracked Process Is Getting Pushback in Virginia
By Charles Paullin
Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation
By Deep Vakil, Charles Paullin
Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid
By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
Dominion’s Proposed Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says
By Charles Paullin
Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants
By Charles Paullin
The Whimbrel and the Wind Turbines: Capable of Coexistence?
By Charles Paullin
Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia
By Charles Paullin
Google Expands Data Center Investment in Virginia, Doesn’t Share Site Specifics
By Charles Paullin
Virginia Regulator Approves Electricity Transmission Line and Towers in Alexandria to Serve One Proposed Data Center
By Charles Paullin
Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant
By Charles Paullin
Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding
By Charles Paullin
Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Embraces Renewables, Natural Gas and Community Planning for Data Centers
By Charles Paullin