Virginia Grassroots Coalition - Climate

Stop NextEra. Bigger monopoly, bigger bills!

1) a state-regulated monopoly like Dominion Energy should NOT be allowed to do this 2) note NextEra #1 on this list; great reason (among many others) to reject its acquisition of Dominion Energy bluevirginia.us/2026/10/ivy-...

Criminal polluting by corporations paying off Trump. Receipts.

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Tell Congress: Reject Tech Billionaire Influence on Elections

Know the truth. Data centers are costing Virginians money, health, and land. 💸😷🌳 Join us in fighting back- make your voice heard at Virginia’s March for a Moratorium- a two-week series of events calling for a statewide pause on new data center development. Register here: https://ow.ly/Uqqu50ZYyMH

"NextEra’s $4M Trump ballroom donation muddies Dominion merger debate, watchdogs say"

There are a number of reasons why retail electricity prices are going up, including aging fossil fuel power plants setting the marginal wholesale price, but the most obvious reason is investor owned utilities who are obliged to increase shareholder profits every year.

On Spanberger’s energy plan: "The problem remains that all the efficiency, distributed generation and grid management in the world can’t get us out of the hole that data center demand is digging for us. " - Ivy Main

1) Dominion still has a demand-side problem from the data centers. 2) They're making excuses in 2026 for why they can't meet the 2045 VCEA requirements. A multi-trillion-dollar data center industry profiting from a multi-billion-dollar utility profiting in turn puts us last and shareholders first.

Peter Cary’s excellent 20-part series: “The New Energy Crisis,” a deep dive into Data Center Alley, comes to a close with a disturbing conclusion: energy supply could potentially fail to catch up with data center demand for more than a decade, with regular power outages becoming our new reality.

Ratepayer Champions oppose the merger. The largest utility monopoly in the world is a race after profits, with all risk on ratepayers. Oppose the NextEra takeover of Dominion Energy and ask your Representatives to go on record as well.

Virginia friends... join us Saturday morning in western Henrico County. We'll talk weather & climate. And work to make a change in Virginia's 1st Congressional District! www.mobilize.us/lcvvagr/even...

A simple idea for regulating data center mania: "No large data center...should receive the permits or grid connection it needs unless its developer brings enough new carbon-free generation, energy storage and transmission online to meet its additional electricity demand—and pays the full cost."

Thank you, @ltgovhashmi.bsky.social

FRIDAY: The SCC is hosting a public hearing about Dominion/NextEra! NOVA, this is your chance to voice your concerns in-person abt this $67 billion acquisition that could drastically reshape Virginia’s utility landscape.

"A state delegate described data center lobbyists visiting his office “every other day.” This is not the normal give-and-take of local politics. It is an industry that has learned it can overwhelm the institutions meant to regulate it."

They could and they did! NextEra 's dirty political manipulations are super relevant to their desire to do business in Virginia.

"An energy affordability agenda that leaves out home efficiency is one with a gaping hole in it." Governor @abigailspanberger.com must step in to require BHCD to meet higher building code standards.

@ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social warns that data center communities could suffer from the same "economic paradox" as Appalachia’s gas-producing communities: GDP growth outstrips that of the nation but local prosperity plummets.

March for a Data Center Moratorium - locations over Virginia over the next 2 weeks: Alexandria Oct 10, Culpeper Oct 11, Winchester Oct 15, Leesburg Oct 17, Danville Oct 19, VA Beach Oct 20, Roanoke Oct 21, Richmond Oct 24. Sign up & bring your neighbors! @ccanactionfund.bsky.social

NextEra’s Proposed Acquisition of Dominion Energy Must Benefit Virginians — Not Just Shareholders

COMMENTARY: Beneath the concerns that residents point out about data centers is a growing conviction that we are fighting for our future, columnist Ivy Main writes. virginiamercury.com/2026/09/21/t...

A functioning regulatory system would include frequent, randomized spot checks, done regularly by well-funded civil servants using modern technology, plus consequences - fines or jail time - serious enough to actually prevent polluters from sickening or killing nearby people.

'The data centers haven’t infiltrated the cancer statistics yet...'

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”But think of the jobs! But think of the office space! But think of the *four* years of a $10/month credit instead of just two?!” None of this changes that the world’s largest electric utility merger *ever* should be disqualifying in and of itself. Get. Out. #valeg www.wvtf.org/news/2026-09...

Gov. Healy of MA previously spent 8y as ratepayer advocate in utility cases. Good to hear her say these words, and want the same for Virginia, 'When it comes to utility companies, we’ve got to end business as usual.'

Sam Altman says we can ignore data center water impacts, that 38K chatbot queries is comparable to "scarfing down 12 almonds." But the key driver of the data center boom training & deploying AI agents, not chatbots. And agentic AI is much more water and energy intensive than chatbots.....

Charlottesville, we’re coming your way on Monday, September 14. The Energy Costs Listening Tour is about hearing directly from you—your experiences, concerns, and ideas. Come share your story. Make your voice heard. Help shape what comes next.

What's the data center coming to your community going to take from you? Is your health being sold by county supervisors to close budgets?

Make plans to be heard, Virginians! Telephonic and written comments are taken in equal weight, but we demanded in-person hearings around the Commonwealth, so now we need to show up.

Maybe even worse than the water data centers are taking from humans is the toxic crap they’re spewing back out www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi recently made a stop in Norfolk for her statewide listening tour focused on energy costs. She was greeted by more than 150 residents protesting the proposed $67 billion merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra Energy. Story: tinyurl.com/3nfb85bk

Can't we turn the grid reliability argument into a large load user flexibility requirement? New fossil generation, with profit to utility and risks on ratepayers, is not acceptable.

States have given billions in tax breaks to the richest companies in the world to bring in their hyperscale data centers. Many states are now cancelling them, leading industry execs to threaten to shift projects to states such as IN, WV & WY that have retained favorable tax regimes.

Richmond, it’s your turn. Tomorrow, we’re bringing the Energy Costs Listening Tour to the capital city to hear what rising energy costs look like in your homes, workplaces, and communities. Your experiences matter. Your concerns matter.

Norfolk, we’re coming to you. Tomorrow, the Energy Costs Listening Tour heads to Norfolk to hear directly from you about the rising cost of energy and what it means for Virginia families, workers, and businesses.

Loudoun, what an impression you left on us. The first stop of the Energy Costs Listening Tour was invaluable. @johnmcauliff.bsky.social @russetperry.bsky.social @pwcdanica.bsky.social

I'm attending Rural GroundGame's event, “Listening to Virginia Town Hall: Data Centers & Valley Link” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ruralgroundg...

Oppose the merger. Speaker Scott enjoys Dominion $. He kills campaign finance reform bills, he reaches into sub-committees and kills bills the utilities don't like. We're 👀😠.

You mean instead of our schools in Northern Virginia losing power, we could have these AI products, companies and users inconvenienced instead? Make it so!

Virginia built the data center capital of the world. Now comes the bill. This Friday — Tim Cywinski of Sierra Club Virginia and Melissa Thomas of the Climate Equity Working Group on who pays it. Plus the BIG TEN Afterglow. Noon ET. @votetimva.com @nnvaorg.bsky.social @sierraclub.org

Bring your concerns. Bring your utility bills. Today, Sept. 2, in Loudoun. Thank you, Lt. Gov Hashmi and supporting GA reps. @ltgovhashmi.bsky.social @pwcdanica.bsky.social @russetperry.bsky.social @johnmcauliff.bsky.social @atoosareaser.bsky.social