PEC stands with citizens to build excellent communities, relieve taxes and traffic, and protect open space in Loudoun. We work to maintain a balance between the towns and villages, the suburbs, and the country so residents can enjoy all the places that make Loudoun unique.
New Study Highlights Public Health Impacts of Gas Turbine-Powered Data Centers
As data centers requiring more and more power continue to flood our region, we are seeing a concerning new trend: data center proposals that include onsite natural gas turbines to use as their main power source, as …
Weigh In Now to Protect the Future of Rural Loudoun
On Monday, May 4, the full Board of Supervisors will hold a special session to vote to support or reject the recommendations of the Transportation and Land Use Committee (TLUC) on the Western Loudoun Rural …
On the Ground Updates – April 2026
A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock …
Join Us for a Q&A on Our New Vantage Data Center Air Quality Study
I’m writing to share a data center air quality study we recently commissioned that showed some alarming results, and to invite you to an event in Loudoun on Thursday, April 9 to learn more about …
Act Now: The Quality of Life of Western Loudoun’s Neighborhoods and Communities Depends on You
At the latest working session of the Transportation & Land Use Committee (TLUC), I watched as the Committee ignored staff motions intended to address residents’ long-standing concerns and instead, shifted focus towards appeasing event venues …
Letter to the General Assembly: Data Centers Need to Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes
PEC sent a letter to members of the General Assembly about our support of efforts to eliminate or substantially limit the sales tax credit on data center equipment …
An Electric Super-Highway Through the Piedmont
Joining the list of new energy and infrastructure proposals across the state to serve sky-rocketing data center demand is a proposal to build the largest transmission line ever seen in Dominion Energy’s territory. Dubbed “Joshua Falls-Yeat,” the 115-mile, …
Take Action: HB1122 Would Give More Power to Developers at the Expense of Communities
I’m writing to ask that you take immediate action on a critical bill coming up for a vote in the General Assembly that would limit local governments’ power to manage growth and development in their …
Video: “The Hidden Costs of the Cloud: Data Centers and AI in Virginia”
Virginia is undergoing an unprecedented economic, technological, and environmental transformation, all centered around the activities of one industry: data centers …
Loudoun Quarterly Update – Winter 2026
This quarterly Loudoun Update includes information on opportunities to speak up on a Leesburg data center application, submit comments on transmission line planning, support solar net-metering programs, and raise environmental concerns in the Mountainside Overlay …
