Comments on: House passes utility regulation changes, scrapping renewable energy incentives

By: Blue John

Blue John — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:58:02 +0000

Everyone knows renewable energy is a ridiculous concept…

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/hoover-dam-builder-hired-for-google-backed-ocean-wind-power-line.html

http://www.bechtel.com/ivanpah.html

By: John Kitterman

John Kitterman — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:02:15 +0000

Today I got an e-mail from delegate Charles Poindexter congratulating himself and other delegates in Virginia about this bill. Of course he left out all the implications for renewable energy and just focused on lowering the electric bill. Tell people what they want to hear, and keep them in the dark (no pun intended) about Global Warming. Having Cuccinelli working on this is like having the fox in the henhouse.

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:15:53 +0000

Funny how easily even Cuccinelli would see the political machinations behind this one, if they were from Dems…

By: Larry H

Larry H — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:02:35 +0000

@ hokie hater, then maybe the state should just give the utility all this extra money and keep our rates higher if it is “just pulling the wool over their sheep’s eyes”. Why do you automatically think it is the Republicans out to somehow get you?

By: bring renewables to Virginia

bring renewables to Virginia — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:39:53 +0000

This post is entirely too kind to Cuccinelli. He took an argument that environmentalists have pointed out for years and he twisted it to remove incentives for renewable energy without fixing the policy problems that have failed to bring renewable energy jobs to Virginia. The Saslaw/Kilgore/Cuccinelli/Dominion bills are not a step forward and Cuccinelli does not deserve any credit. This reads like a press release from the AG’s office.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:14:06 +0000

Good for them. The state needs to get out of the green energy business and focus on reducing our taxes!

Way to go VA!

By: Other John

Other John — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:38:40 +0000

APCO has 1 million customers in Virginia, per their website. So, that means the “significant” savings works out to about 65 cents per month, assuming APCO dropped their rates accordingly.

Whoopdeedoo. Every 2 months, I can buy a Coke out of a vending machine. Kilgore is a buffoon. And that’s also assuming the full $7.75 million annually is realized.

By: hokie hater

hokie hater — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:08:23 +0000

I’ll wait and see if this really lowers electric bills, honestly my guess is it won’t. Just the republicans pulling the wool over their sheep’s eyes.