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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.

A rendering of Dominion Energy’s proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center. Credit: Dominion Energy

Environmental, Community Groups to Challenge Regulators’ Approval of Dominion’s Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

Substations and transformers are seen at a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Senate Proposes to End Data Center Tax Exemption in January

By Charles Paullin

The sun rises over corn crops on a farm in Franklin, Va. Credit: Kristen Zeis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia House Delays Action on Bill Banning Paraquat

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia House Passes Data Center Tax Exemption, With Conditions

By Charles Paullin

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) speaks in support of solar siting legislation during a Virginia General Assembly meeting. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Solar Siting Reforms Advance in Virginia After Years of Failed Attempts

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in November 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers in PJM Grid Can Rely Solely on Generators During the Cold, DOE Rules

By Charles Paullin

Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones listens to Gov. Abigail Spanberger's first State of the Commonwealth address on Monday, during which she endorsed the state's rejoining of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Attorney General Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Charles Paullin

A federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction, allowing work to begin again on wind turbines off the coast of Virginia. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Federal Court Allows Dominion Energy in Virginia to Continue Offshore Wind Project

By Charles Paullin

Line workers attend to distribution poles in Richmond, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

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

By Charles Paullin

The construction of a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

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

By Charles Paullin

A view of the formerly coal-fired Chesterfield Power Station, where the natural gas-fueled Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center would go. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

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

By Charles Paullin

The Fluvanna County Planning Commission meets on Nov. 18 inside the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center in Fork Union, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

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

By Charles Paullin

Local resident Bobby Amerson walks past sections of steel pipe to be used for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Callaway, Va., on Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

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

By Charles Paullin

Democrat Abigail Spanberger speaks on Tuesday after being declared the winner of the Virginia gubernatorial race against Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

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

By Charles Paullin

Democrat Abigail Spanberger (left) challenges Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the race for Virginia governor. Credit: Win McNamee and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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

By Charles Paullin

CSX train cars after they derailed last Saturday in New Kent County, Virginia, in wetlands 400 feet from the Chickahimony River. The cars spilled diesel fuel and coal. Credit: The James River Assocation

CSX Train Derailment in Virginia Puts Chickahominy River at Risk

By Charles Paullin

Amazon data centers loom over houses at the edge of a neighborhood in Loudoun County, Va. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino, Charles Paullin

Brent Archer, a former Columbia Gas executive, speaks at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality public hearing on Sept. 8. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News.

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

By Charles Paullin

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