DURING the past 12 months, we have all witnessed some remarkable events pertaining to electricity security. Last summer, California experienced rolling blackouts, while Texas recently suffered the same fate. While they were arguably not the single cause for either problem, renewablesâspecifically wind and/or solarâcontributed greatly to these failures. This is an inherent problem when intermittent sources of electricity are added to the grid, while highly reliable non-intermittent sources are removed. We now have a political party in the Commonwealth of Virginia that has openly stated its desire to make Virginia use California as the model when it comes to our electricity generation. Unfortunately, our politicians have also legislated those goals through the adoption of the Virginia Clean Economy Act, commonly referred to as VCEA.