A bill in the General Assembly would also help, shifting the focus of the state’s energy efficiency program, Empower Maryland, from energy saving to emissions reduction by boosting electrification.
A proposed power plant in Chesterfield County is meeting with the ire of local residents. Dominion Energy s Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center would be a gas-powered plant near the James River. However, residents are worried about the environmental and health effects of the plant. .
Today is the final public hearing for Connecticut ratepayers to comment on two proposed rate increases for gas utilities. Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Natural Gas filed for rate increases in 2023. CNG wants to boost company revenues by $20 million with a one-year rate plan beginning November 1. .
Virginia s General Assembly has approved legislation to develop small modular nuclear reactors. The bills passed both chambers despite concerns about how this affects ratepayers. Senate Bill 454 allows utility companies to begin billing customers during a research and development phase, which means ratepayers can be billed for engineering, site development and other costs before utility companies get a power plant permit. .
Some residents of Bowling Green, Ohio, are saying the city s main power source, Prairie State Energy Campus in Illinois, is expensive, dirty, and unsustainable. Research has shown the coal plant cost $5 billion to build in 2012, is barely profitable and significantly contributes to environmental pollution. Joseph DeMare, a Bowling Green resident and solar panel owner, said the report showed continued reliance on the plant is not in consumers best interest. .