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Virginia General Assembly finalizes robust energy assistance program Published Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, 11:43 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© SeanPavonePhoto – stock.adobe.com) The Virginia General Assembly voted Saturday to pass legislation defining the scope of a new energy assistance program for low-income Virginians. HB 2330, which passed the House by a 51-47 vote, and a razor-thin 20-19 vote in the Senate, provides Dominion and Ap...

744 views 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.

Password * Remember me New to Energy Central? Applying for membership with Energy Central allows you to connect with a network of more than 200,000 global power industry professionals. 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: