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BILLS STILL ALIVE
Don’t let the long list fool you. While the majority of the bills we’ve been following have either passed both chambers or seem well on their way to doing so, some of the most impactful bills are now dead, and others have been amended into meekness.
The entire category of Utility Reform got emptied out into the dumpster in Senate Commerce and Labor, which also killed Jeff Bourne’s “right to shop” bill that would have opened up the renewable energy market. They are all now found under “Dead and Buried” at the end.
Partnership Between Sigora Solar and Isle of Wight County Schools brings Solar to the County
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Isle of Wight County Schools will soon begin construction on seven schools within the district. These solar projects will offset nearly 50% of the schools’ total electricity needs. The power purchase agreement will save the district more than $3 million over the course of 20 years at no cost to taxpayers.
Isle of Wight County Schools Set to save upwards of $3 million by going solar with Sigora Solar
“Sigora presented a plan that was extremely beneficial to our division, cost effective, and aligned with our vision to help the environment, save money, and provide an educational experience for our students,” says division Superintendent Dr. Jim Thornton.
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Meanwhile, the list of bills I’ve corralled over the past week has grown to nearly 50. I’ve included the updated list here scroll down.
Unless you’re paid to lobby, you may have only a few minutes at a time to contact legislators about the bills you want to see passed (or in some cases, defeated). So how do you set priorities?
Let me propose three criteria for you to lobby for a bill:
The transportation sector accounts for at least 48% of heat-trapping gases emitted in Virginia. More than two-thirds of those emissions come from the tailpipes of personal vehicles.
A group of clean energy, business, and public health advocates are pressing the state to adopt California’s rules to cut auto emissions and boost electric vehicle sales.
After Virginia’s General Assembly voted to decarbonize the state’s electric grid last year, an environmental coalition is steering legislators’ attention from utility smokestacks to vehicle tailpipes.
House Bill 1965, introduced this week as the legislative session opened, is designed to curb transportation emissions by directing automakers to deliver higher inventories of cleaner, fuel-efficient and electric vehicles to Virginia.