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...
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....
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...
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
In this Thursday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, Richard Walker, an Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponent, poses at a community center in Richmond, Va. Walker says his great-grandfather bought a 25 acre homestead in Union Hill, the site of a proposed compressor station, for $15 in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Pipelines
Mountain Valley Pipeline RICHMOND, Va. – Attorney General Mark Herring and the Department of Environmental Quality has filed a lawsuit against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The filing sites repeated environmental violations in Craig, Franklin,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
MONTEREY — Following a court order today, Dec. 7, Dominion filed notice with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is suspending construction along the entirety of the 600-mile route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, except as needed for safety and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
John W. Laury and his wife Ruby Laura stand on the front porch of their home in Buckingham County. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will connect to a compression station less than a mile away before passing close to their home. The contested pipeline runs from West...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 8, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Newsletter, Politics of energy
Thursday has arrived and it’s time for our weekly news dump. We heard we might get some snow this weekend to here’s something to keep you warm (or hot under the collar) until next week! Fourth Circuit is Asked to Stay ACP’s Fish and Wildlife Permit A motion to stay...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Neighbors and families are pitted against one another over a natural gas pipeline project in Union Hill. In the end, who stands to lose? ‘Dominion thought they can just come in and we’d all roll over,’ said Ruby Laury, a cattle farmer with her...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 4, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 4, 2018 | Events, Press Releases
PRESS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 4, 2018 CHARLOTTESVILLE – On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, Friends of Buckingham and a coalition of environmental organizations and community leaders will meet outside Charlottesville Dominion headquarters to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 1, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Pollution - Other Sources, Regulatory Permit Process
Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville is seriously concerned by Gov. Northam’s dismissal of VA State Air Pollution Control (air board) Board members who expressed concern re: environmental justice On Nov 15, VA Governor Ralph Northam replaced two members of the air board....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 30, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Oldies but goodies: June 2017. Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC is proposing the approximately 600-mile unidirectional, open access Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to transport Marcellus-Utica shale gas from West Virginia, through Virginia, and ending in North Carolina....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 29, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam (D) promised to be a different kind of politician, one who would never lie and always operate aboveboard. But his interference in a controversial vote by air pollution regulators has caused some to question those claims. [A pragmatist in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 28, 2018 | Events, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Two dozen people braved a cold, windy afternoon to protest in front of Dominion’s office in Charlottesville. Sandy Hausman reports Alia Stewart-Silver and Hayden Shaw protest the removal of two Air Quality Board members who opposed the pipeline. Standing along one of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 27, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 24, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Events, Regulatory Permit Process
The “Stand with Union Hill Concert of Prayer” will be an all night interfaith prayer vigil with music and story on the eve of the Dec. 10 Air Board Meeting & Vote on Union Hill Compressor Station *** when the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board may...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 23, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy
On November 15, in a brazen power play that has been described as the “Thursday Night Massacre,” Governor Ralph Northam fired two members of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. The reason: six days earlier, these public servants publicly questioned whether a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
A state appellate court ruled Friday that National Fuel Gas Corp. could not use eminent domain proceedings to cross a Clarksville couple’s property for the Northern Access Pipeline from McKean County, Pa. to Western New York. The Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Demonstrators outside the governor’s offices on Broad Street in Richmond Friday protest Gov. Ralph Northam’s decision to remove two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board as it weighs a crucial permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (Virginia...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 16, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
For the past several months, I’ve been vocal about my opposition to the two proposed fracked gas pipelines being proposed in Virginia, one of which is owned by Dominion Energy. I’ve joined hundreds of Virginians in raising our specific concerns to Governor Ralph...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 16, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Food & Water Watch gathers coalition of clean energy advocates to announce visionary Off Fossil Fuels by 2035 state bill announcement in light of shocking insights about Dominion’s dirty legacy We all need safe food and clean water. By Jackie Filson 11.15.18...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Statewide Conservation Groups Call on Northam to Reverse Decision to Replace Air Board Members During Pending Permit Decision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 15 Media Contacts: Claudine McElwain | cmcelwain@selcva.org | 434-977-4090 Lee Francis...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Gov. Ralph Northam is removing two members from the State Air Pollution Control Board, a move that comes less than a week after they raised concerns about a natural gas compressor station planned for a historic black community in Buckingham County and ahead of the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Gov. Ralph Northam will replace two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board and at least one member of the State Water Control Board more than four months after their terms ended. Notably, the decision to replace the two members of the air board — Rebecca...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
I’ve lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains for most of my life, often taking for granted the hiking trails, swimming holes, trout streams, and breathtaking beauty. Growing up, I never paused to consider the fragility of our forest ecosystem. I also didn’t know much about...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC is proposing the approximately 600-mile unidirectional, open access Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to transport Marcellus-Utica shale gas from West Virginia, through Virginia, and ending in North Carolina. Four energy corporations –...
