It’s the data centers driving energy demand and costs; and Virginians want to know who’s accountable? Warrenton, VA (November 14, 2025) – Data centers and rising energy costs were a…
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Press Release: Piedmont Environmental Council Reacts to SCC Decisions in the Biennial Rate Case
…of data center energy demand. “While this decision recognizes that data center demand is driving future expenditures – and grants Dominion’s request for a new large load class — many…
On the Ground Updates — December 2025
…center development to the areas where data centers have already been approved. Culpeper’s exploding electrical demand, driven by data center development here, has necessitated the expansion of existing transmission line…
2026 Data Center Reform Legislation
The outsized impacts of data centers in our communities will again make data center reform a priority for The Piedmont Environmental Council and our partners in the Virginia Data Center…
Virginia General Assembly in Full Swing
…impacts of data centers in our communities will again make data center reform a priority for PEC and our partners in the Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition this year. Our…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 24, 2025
…the creation of a new Technology, Flex, Research, and Development District to attract new business to Greene County. “High-tech enterprises such as information technology, national security, biotechnology, advanced specialty manufacturing,…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 29, 2024
…finance energy efficiency projects for your commercial space? Albemarle has a work session this Wednesday Thanks to the Piedmont Environmental Council for their support of this research each week. Monday, July 29,…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 21, 2024
…opposition party serving as a minority. Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Consultant to present survey results for Greene County recreation center If Greene County decides to build a recreation center, what…
Commission Study Confirms that Energy Demand is Out of Control, Threatening The Community with Higher Costs and Impacts Across the State and Beyond
…the exponential growth of data centers in Virginia. The commission considered the impacts on Virginia’s energy demand and supply, ratepayers, and natural, historic and cultural resources, as well as air…
Questioning an Explosive Forecast: PEC Intervenes in Dominion IRP
…center customers and entered into contracts that today total 40 GW of power for the data center industry, creating an “energy crisis by contract.” The scale of these contracts has…