In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dominion Energy Virginia laid out portfolio options to meet rising power demand through investments in new power generation.
The IRP is not a request to build any specific project, but instead a long-term planning document based on current technology, market information and load projections. The company says 80% of the plan’s incremental power generation over the next 15 years is carbon-free, including:
- 3,400 MW of new offshore wind in addition to the 2,600 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project currently under development.
- 12,000 MW of new solar.
- 4,500 MW of new battery storage.
- Small modular nuclear reactors beginning in the mid-2030s.
The IRP is based on a forecast developed by PJM, which projects that power demand within the company’s delivery zone is forecasted to grow 5.5% annually for the next decade and to double by 2039.
“We are experiencing the largest growth in power demand since the years following World War II,” says Ed Baine, president of Dominion Energy Virginia.
“No single energy source, grid solution or energy efficiency program will reliably serve the growing needs of our customers. We need an ‘all-of-the-above’ approach, and we are developing innovative solutions to ensure we deliver for our customers. I am proud of the affordability we deliver, with residential rates 14% below the national average, and as shown in the plan we intend to continue that focus. Our comprehensive plan ensures we can always deliver reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy day or night, rain or shine, winter or summer.”
In a separate filing with the SCC, Dominion Energy proposed 1,000 MW of new solar projects in Virginia.
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Here’s Lucy Biggers, social media powerhouse, explaining how solar and wind energy actually aren’t free, because they require materials that need to be mined from the Earth.
Yes, Lucy. I think most of us already knew that.
It’s hard for me to understand how a person with zero training in science has any relevance to what climate scientists are telling us. If I want a good recipe for carrot soup, I don’t ask a baseball coach or an auto mechanic.
They call this woman an “influencer.” What type of idiot does she influence?
Yes, part of this is stupidity. But a larger part is that people who still support Trump at this point are desperate to believe whatever comes out of his mouth, regardless of how nonsensical it may be.
I wish my mother were still here so I could see where she would stand. She was extremely well-educated, and a voracious reader, but somehow remained a Fox News viewer until the end. I just wonder if the last 15 months may have turned her around.
Those who stand in opposition to the president have dozens of different reasons for their feelings. One, as is on display here, is that he’s an ignoramus.
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