Natural gas generation is neither the only nor the best option for meeting Virginia’s growing power needs. Renewable energy still proves to be the least cost and quickest power generation to deploy, even without federal subsidies. An energy portfolio based on wind, solar, and storage would provide the same power and capacity needs for less than half the price of a new natural gas plant.
Morgan Pinnell
Morgan Pinnell is Managing Director at Advanced Energy United.
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Five years in, the Virginia Clean Economy Act is paying off
There are now 118,000 good-paying jobs in the Virginia advanced energy industry. Clean energy policy didn’t just enable new power generation; it helped signal to global manufacturers that Virginia is a smart place to do business.