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The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has passed major energy legislation and a stop-gap budget bill as it reached the end of the regular session.

Legislators reached the end of their regularly scheduled session without a deal on the entire state spending plan.

The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has passed major energy legislation and a stop-gap budget bill as it reached the end of the regular session

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through dozens of pieces of legislation, including a major energy bill and stop-gap budget bill, on Saturday as lawmakers reached the end of their regularly scheduled session without a deal on the entire state spending plan.

Del. Terry Kilgore, the sponsor of the House version of the legislation, put forward a new, stripped-down substitute on Thursday, which no longer included a provision that would have increased Dominion’s return on equity, a measure of profitability.

Dominion Energy’s ongoing push for yet another year of legislative tinkering with the way its rates are regulated took a surprise turn this week. A Virginia House committee on Thursday whittled down a company-backed bill ratepayer advocates have fiercely opposed. The vote came after Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration weighed in publicly for the first time on the dispute, which has simmered since before this year’s legislative session officially kicked off. The measure initially contained...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Dominion Energy's ongoing push for yet another year of legislative tinkering with the way its rates are regulated took a surprise

The planetary warming signal continues to roar more loudly above the noise of everyday weather.

The planetary warming signal continues to roar more loudly above the noise of everyday weather.

Two bipartisan pieces of legislation could lower energy costs for households. Whether they actually would is another story.