Virginia is subsidizing billions of dollars in data center development on the backs of its ratepayers, without a full understanding of the long-term ramifications.
Our Region
PEC focuses on nine counties and one city in the northern Piedmont of Virginia: Albemarle, Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock.
We also team with local organizations to promote thriving communities and healthy natural resources in a much larger region, including the Shenandoah Valley, the central Piedmont, and the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor. In addition, we are proud to serve as fiscal sponsor of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, an organization that focuses on land use and policy in the greater Washington D.C. area.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of September 25, 2023
Charlottesville City Council to begin their review of new zoning code; Water and sewer projects status before Greene Supervisors
One Approved, Another on the Horizon
Approval of Copper Ridge; Cielo data center campus proposed just east of Town.
Transmission Proposals – PEC Web Map
Transmission line proposals to serve the explosive growth of data centers in Virginia over the past few years have begun to roll in.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of September 18, 2023
Albemarle Supervisors to get update on on-demand transit pilot; Council to get presentation on CRHA’s plan for sustainability
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of Sept. 9, 2023
Charlottesville’s Planning Commission to meet twice for public hearings for JPA project, citywide rezoning
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan Policy Platform
PEC’s priorities in supporting our mission and helping inform Albemarle County’s AC44 comprehensive planning process.
PEC Accepting Annual Photo Contest Submissions Through Sept. 30
Now through September 30, photographers are invited to submit their best images of the Virginia Piedmont to PEC’s 12th Annual Photo Contest.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of Sept. 4, 2023
Charlottesville to adopt framework for strategic plan; Louisa to endorse agreement with Amazon for data centers
Case Study in Breaking Ground: An Affordable Housing Resource Guide for Land Trusts
PEC’s take on the intersection between affordable housing and land conservation.
