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Offline rangerrebew

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VCEA could cause Dominion’s average customer to pay over $40,000 for batteries
« on: July 23, 2025, 08:04:03 am »
VCEA could cause Dominion’s average customer to pay over $40,000 for batteries
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July 23rd, 2025
 
The Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) mandates that Dominion Energy, the State’s big electric utility, rapidly shift its power generation to wind and solar. Dominion’s latest Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) provides dramatic evidence that this shift does not work, making blackouts inevitable. Making it work would be fantastically expensive with the average customer paying over $40,000 for batteries by 2030.

First let’s look at how it does not work. There is a nifty little graphic showing this on page 62 of the IRP which is here. https://cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net/-/media/content/about/our-company/irp/pdfs/2024-irp-w_o-appendices.pdf?rev=5b28b014e4814135bb2fcec470dcc92b

The graphic summarizes Dominion’s VCEA compliance plan. It is a vertical bar showing the installed mix of generating capacity in 2030. The vertical scale is megawatts (MW) and the height of the bar is the projected maximum summer power demand for that year which is about 33,000 MW.

The bar is divided into different colored segments for each generator type such as solar, wind, gas, nuclear, etc. The height of each segment is the amount of installed capacity at that time in MW.

https://www.cfact.org/2025/07/23/vcea-could-cause-dominions-average-customer-to-pay-over-40000-for-batteries/
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Re: VCEA could cause Dominion’s average customer to pay over $40,000 for batteries
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2025, 09:03:17 am »
Meanwhile, in New England ...

https://fallriverreporter.com/massachusetts-natural-gas-prices-up-93-electricity-up-65-the-last-10-years/
Massachusetts natural gas prices up 93%, electricity up 65% the last 10 years

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/04/clean-energy-mandates-are-driving-skyrocketing-utility-costs-mass-lawmaker-says.html
Clean energy mandates are driving skyrocketing utility costs, Mass. lawmaker says

https://www.wamc.org/news/2025-02-20/rise-in-gas-and-electric-bills-prompts-outcry-in-mass-calls-for-state-to-review-hikes
Rise in gas and electric bills prompts outcry in Mass., calls for state to review hikes

https://newbedfordlight.org/why-are-electric-and-gas-bills-so-high/
Why are electric and gas bills so high?

The true cost of this Global Climate Change Nonsense is the opportunity cost of under-investing in reliable energy infrastructure.

The lib solution will be to put additional fees on those who can afford to pay to subsidze who can't afford to pay.  It's the liberal solution to everything.

Liberals - If you can pay for it yourself, you're rich!
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Re: VCEA could cause Dominion’s average customer to pay over $40,000 for batteries
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2025, 09:16:01 am »
Ignorance is correctable but stupid is not.
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Re: VCEA could cause Dominion’s average customer to pay over $40,000 for batteries
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2025, 10:52:17 am »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on July 23, 2025, 09:03:17 am
https://newbedfordlight.org/why-are-electric-and-gas-bills-so-high/
Why are electric and gas bills so high?

Because a big majority of Massachusetts voters voted for higher gas and electric bills.
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