The 6 Democratic candidates for Virginia Lt. Governor, in their own words Dave Ress, Daily Press
Virginians will get to choose among six candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor in the June 8 primary.
The winner will face off against a GOP nominee, to be selected Saturday in that party’s convention.
Nominally the No. 2 post in state government, the lieutenant governor’s powers are limited to presiding over the state Senate, with the power to cast tie-breaking votes on some bills, though not on the state budget. The lieutenant governor also steps in if the governor dies or when the Attorney General, the President pro tempore of the state Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, or a majority of the total membership of the General Assembly declare the governor is unable to discharge the duties of office.
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Dominion Energy is gearing up to invest $26 billion over the next five years on emissions reduction investments for its electric utility and gas distribution businesses, company leadership said during the first quarter earnings call on Tuesday.
Of that total, $17 billion represents zero-carbon generation and energy storage, including offshore wind and nuclear relicensing, as the Biden administration presents plans to increase grid decarbonization incentives. To the extent we see opportunities with the Biden plan, we ll take advantage of them, but at this point, we don t exactly know, CEO Bob Blue said during the call.
The utility submitted its triennial review to Virginia regulators at the end of March, which covers its earnings between 2017 and 2020 and will be the basis for a regulatory decision later this year on whether or not its base rate earnings should change. Dominion s Virginia subsidiary contributed about 57% of the company s first quarter earnings, and t
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Surry Nuclear Plant Gets 20-Year Extension as Indian Point Goes Dark
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved 20-year subsequent renewed licenses (SRLs) for Dominion Energy Virginia’s Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2 near Newport News, Virginia, making them only the fifth and sixth reactors in the U.S. cleared to operate for 60 to 80 years.
But the number of operating U.S. nuclear reactors fell to 93 as Indian Point Energy Center Unit 3 in Buchanan, New York, powered down for the last time on April 30. The 45-year-old, 1,041-MW unit, remarkably, ran 753 days a world record for commercial light water reactors before it closed, said its owner and operator, Entergy Corp.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved an application by Dominion Energy's Virginia subsidiary for a 20-year extension to the operating licences of the twin-unit Surry nuclear power plant. This will enable the two pressurised water reactors to operate until 2052 and 2053, respectively.
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