Energy Matters

PEC is working to support an energy system that is smarter, more efficient and better accounts for the negative externalities arising from the choices we make about energy consumption, generation, transmission and distribution.

We are advocating for a more distributed system that is less reliant on distant generating sources and incorporates a mix of local renewable power — customer owned, community based and utility scale. Recognizing Virginia is in the early stages of its energy transition, we believe now is the time to reimagine and rebuild our energy system in a way that is just and fair to all residents and ratepayers.

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Solarize Piedmont 2023 makes going solar easy, now through Aug. 31

Solarize Piedmont 2023 makes going solar easy, now through Aug. 31

Solarize Piedmont 2023, a Piedmont Environmental Council campaign in partnership with the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) and participating municipalities, is running now through August 31 …
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Copper Ridge Goes to First Public Hearing

The Town Planning Commission will hear the data center campus proposal on Tuesday, July 18 at 6 p.m …
Presentation: Data Center Energy Demand in Northern Virginia

Presentation: Data Center Energy Demand in Northern Virginia

PEC’s Director of Land Use Julie Bolthouse presents on the impacts of data center growth on Virginia’s clean energy future …
Map showing cluster of proposed, approved and existing data centers in downtown Culpeper.

Updates on the Copper Ridge Data Center Campus proposal

On Thursday, June 29, the Town Planning Commission held a nearly two-hour-long work session reviewing new documents from the Copper Ridge Data Center Campus and questioning the applicant …
Yet Another Data Center in Culpeper?

Yet Another Data Center in Culpeper?

The Culpeper Town Planning Commission is holding a work session on the Copper Ridge application on June 29 at 9 a.m …
How Much Will It Cost?

How Much Will It Cost?

View our 2023 Solarize Piedmont campaign pricing and learn more about configuration options …
aerial view of electrical substation near a couple of huge data center buildings

PEC Presentation on Data Centers & Virginia’s Clean Energy Future

On June 10, 2023, The Piedmont Environmental Council hosted our annual meeting in Loudoun County and featured a workshop on data centers and Virginia’s clean energy future. The presentation, given by PEC’s Senior Energy and …
Meet Ashish Kapoor, Senior Energy & Climate Policy Analyst

Meet Ashish Kapoor, Senior Energy & Climate Policy Analyst

Ashish Kapoor has joined the PEC staff to fill the important new role of Senior Energy & Climate Policy Analyst, and we sat down with him recently to learn more about how and why the …
Summer 2023 Piedmont View

Summer 2023 Piedmont View

The summer 2023 edition of the Piedmont View features articles about the PEC’s new strategic plan, an interview with PEC’s Senior Energy and Climate Policy Analyst Ashish Kapoor, the Land Preservation Tax Credit reaching 1 …