With the Virginia Clean Economy Act, Virginia is poised to embark on a massive investment in large-scale solar, wind installations, small-scale energy resources, and energy efficiency measures to help decarbonize the power sector. Increased development of renewable energy sources and stronger energy efficiency, will improve grid reliability, reduce pressure on agriculture and forest land, and provide more clean energy jobs.

Narissa Turner

ENSURING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND
BUILDING AN EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY FOR COMMUNITIES AND WORKERS
SLASHING POLLUTION & ENERGY BILLS WITH VIRGINIA’S UNTAPPED RESOURCE: ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BRINGING MORE RESILIENT ENERGY TO VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES
MAXIMIZING BENEFITS AND MINIMIZING IMPACTS OF UTILITY SCALE SOLAR

• Fund key water quality programs at levels consistent with achieving the goals of the Watershed Implementation Plan (see chapter Meeting Our Chesapeake Bay Clean-Up Goals, p. 1).
• Fund land conservation programs (see Healthy, Resilient Communities and Landscapes, p. 88).
• Increase funding for key state environmental agencies to levels adequate with programmatic needs, including programs to address resiliency and climate change needs.
• Fund and ensure rapid and thorough integration of environmental justice mandates. See additional recommendations in Working Towards Environmental Justice (p. 118).
• Ensure Virginia’s natural resources programs are adequately and reliably funded going forward by adopting dedicated funding mechanisms, such as application of the full statewide recordation fee revenue (see Exploring Dedicated Funding for Conservation, p. 94).

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Check back in January for talking points for the 2022 General Assembly Session.