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Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center

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

An appeal to be filed on their behalf by the Southern Environmental Law Center will argue that the new plant in Chesterfield County would not comply with either the state’s environmental justice or clean economy acts.

By Charles Paullin

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

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

The Chesterfield Power Station, where Dominion Energy is proposing to build new gas peaking turbines in Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

Dominion Energy has proposed building a new natural gas power plant in Chesterfield, Virginia. Credit: Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Nearby Residents and Environmentalists Criticize New Dominion Natural Gas Power Plant As a ‘Slap In the Face’

By Jake Bolster

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