by Karuna | Feb 19, 2025 | Industrial Solar
Thank you, everyone who wrote and called Senators on the Commerce and Labor Committee. HB2438 is dead on a 7-7-1 vote. McDougle, DeSteph, McPike, Obenshain, Peake, Reeves, Stanley voted no. We appreciate their protection of our rural community.
by Karuna | Feb 16, 2025 | Industrial Solar
Dear Senator Cifers, Friends of Buckingham is seeking your assistance to please STOP HB2438 (Solar facilities; local regulation, special exceptions) 1) Solar ordinance decisions should remain at the local level. Each locality has its own unique circumstances and...
by Karuna | Feb 5, 2025 | Industrial Solar
Virginia Senator Russett W. Perry The Friends of Buckingham and other concerned citizens flooded the phones of our local representatives. We succeeded in stopping SB1190, a bill proposed by Sen. Creigh Deeds, (D-Charlottesville), that would have wrestled away local...
by Karuna | Jan 29, 2025 | Industrial Solar
A bill on the Virginia House floor would dictate solar ordinance to the counties. HB 2438 seeks to create a statewide solar ordinance taking decisions away from local government. If passed, there will be no limits on the size of utility-scale solar projects or the...
by Karuna | Jan 25, 2025 | Industrial Solar
The Farmville Herald reported on HB2126. (Click to read the story. A subscription is required.) This bill gives state authorities the power to strong-arm local government into approving industrial solar projects. It restricts local decision-making on things like how...
by Karuna | Jan 24, 2025 | Industrial Solar
Two more bills are attempting to override local decisions. These bills dictate what can and can’t be in a solar ordinance. We need to STOP these bills from becoming law! It is urgent that opposition comments be sent in now! The Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor...
