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Ellerbrock: Of pipelines, people and principles

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology

Buy Now Signs in Buckingham County protest Dominion’s proposed compressor station near the Union Hill community. Richmond Times-Dispatch | File 2017 By Mike Ellerbrock Ellerbrock is director of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech, vicariate deacon for...

Virginia regulators just rejected Dominion’s long-range resource plan

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Economic Impacts

The SCC gave the utility 90 days to correct and refile an integrated resource plan based on PJM forecasts. Virginia utility regulators took the unprecedented action Friday of ordering Dominion Energy to totally redo a long-term energy plan it submitted for approval in...

Press Release: Letter of Support for Justice for Union Hill, with support from Karenna Gore and others 12-8-18

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Press Releases, Regulatory Permit Process

Residents of Union Hill today sent an open letter to the members of the State Air Pollution Control Board urging them to deny the proposed permit for a natural gas compressor station in this predominantly African-American community in rural Buckingham County, Va....

Big company, big dollars, small community: Dominion deal sparks dissent in community facing gas project

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Events, Regulatory Permit Process

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Chad Oba huddled on a narrow median strip, bundled against the falling snow. Passing cars honked at the sign she was holding, and behind her a crowd of fellow protesters chanted outside the local office of Dominion Energy as police stood watch. For...

Erasing black lives: Dominion Energy misleads Virginia Air Pollution Board regarding demographics of Union Hill

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process

On November 16, 2018 the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Dominion Energy compiled a demographic and income profile for the area of Union Hill in Buckingham County, VA. The report came after the Virginia Air Pollution Board delayed an important vote on the air pollution...
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