Why Dominion is Trying to Kill Small-Scale Solar – Webinar Recording
On Dec. 8, 2025, the Piedmont Environmental Council hosted and recorded a webinar on net metering – the fundamental billing structure that makes small-scale solar financially viable for homeowners, businesses and farmers – and Dominion …
Update on Solar Regulations, Soil/Forage Research & Agrivoltaic Project Initiatives – Webinar Recording
Aerial view of PEC’s agrivoltaics project at the Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows, Aldie, VA. Photo by Hugh Kenny, PEC. On December 5, 2025, Virginia Tech’s School of Plant & Environmental Sciences Department of Biological …
Golden to Mars Transmission Line Hearing Delayed, Comment Period Extended After Nearly 600 Sign Up to Testify
In September, we encouraged you to submit comments and sign up to testify at the SCC hearings in Loudoun County to voice your concerns and call for undergrounding the Golden to Mars line, and you rose to …
Culpeper Update: Moving the Needle
In this quarterly Culpeper update, I share some ways we’ve helped to move the needle in a positive direction, as well as provide a few important opportunities to engage with our state elected officials during …
Ask Albemarle County Leaders to Fund Quality, Connected Communities and Resource Protection
This text was taken from an email alert sent out on December 18, 2025. Sign up for email alerts → The county’s greenways provide everyday access to fresh air and transportation options. This one connects residents of the …
Video: Restoring Kestrel Habitat in Virginia
PEC’s Lauria McShane and other members of the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative team are busy this fall and winter installing kestrel boxes across our landscape …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for December 8, 2025
This week: Charlottesville PC to hold public hearing on proposed $201.5 million capital budget; Albemarle PC to review how the county measures effectiveness of growth area …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for November 30, 2025
This week: Albemarle Supervisors to be presented with School Board’s capital request including a fourth high school; Charlottesville City Council to talk transportation …
Cville Area Land Use Week Ahead for November 24, 2025
This week: Albemarle PC to review build-out analysis; Charlottesville PC to review five-year capital plan …
Orange County Residents: Demand Commonsense Data Center Regulation
This coming Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Board of Supervisors is likely to vote on a proposed zoning ordinance that does not go far enough to protect the residents and natural resources of the county. We …
