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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Household costs are the leading voting concern in two Virginia congressional districts where Republican incumbents face Democratic challengers.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia’s new energy plan proposes requiring utilities to share fuel costs that exceed approved forecasts and making data centers pay the electricity infrastructure costs they create.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Northern Virginia residents questioned Dominion Energy’s proposed transmission expansion Wednesday, raising concerns about data center demand, project costs and the impact of new power lines on private property.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia regulators approved bond financing Tuesday allowing Dominion Energy to spread recovery of about $932 million in deferred fuel costs and upfront financing expenses over roughly seven years.
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(The Center Square) – A Virginia man who once faced the death penalty was released Monday after about 25 years in prison under an agreement resolving a murder case that spent decades moving through state and federal courts.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia drivers are paying about $1.29 more for a gallon of regular gas than they were a year ago, while the state’s combined fuel taxes and fees also rose slightly this summer.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – More than 183,000 Virginians have already cast ballots in the November election, more than double the number recorded at the same point before the 2022 midterms.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia lawmakers are considering allowing utilities and local governments to test geothermal heating and cooling networks, but questions remain over who would pay if utility projects cost more than expected.
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(The Center Square) – Eighty-nine percent of registered Virginia voters surveyed in a recent poll said data centers should pay the full cost of new energy infrastructure built to serve them.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia is pressing Congress for federal artificial intelligence rules addressing potential effects on jobs, personal data and resource use as the state develops oversight of the technology.
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