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Chesterfield

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

 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
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
The Dominion Energy headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Dominion’s Proposed Virginia Power Plant Casts Doubt on Its Commitments to Clean Energy

By Jake Bolster

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