Dominion Virginia Power’s Proposed Energy Efficiency (Demand-Side Management) Programs Residential Programs: 1. Residential Bundle Home energy check-up (audit) Duct testing and sealing Heat pump tune up Heat pump upgrade 2. Lighting program (Phase II) Commercial Programs: 3. Energy Audit 4. Duct Testing and Sealing 5. Refrigeration 6. Distributed Generation Please click here to support these [...]

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Step 1: make the call Step 2: share feedback with the form below If you’re not sure what district you’re in, just click here, type in your street address, then come back to this page and make a call. 1. Senator Miller: (804) 698-7501 6. Senator Northam: (804) 698-7506 10. Senator Watkins: (804) 698-7510 13. [...]

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Come to the Hearings! HEARING ONE Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing When: Monday, February 27th 7:00 p.m. Where: Surry Co. High School, 1675 Hollybush Rd., Dendron, VA RSVP here. Spread the word on Facebook. HEARING TWO Dendron Town Council Zoning Hearing and VOTE  When: Monday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. Where: The Dendron Firehouse, 3325 Rolfe [...]

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The fight to stop the largest coal-fired power plant ever proposed in Virginia is heating up again, and your help is needed. Recently, local coal plant opponents prevailed in a lawsuit that nullified zoning approvals for the plant at the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s (ODEC) preferred plant site in Dendron, forcing the company to go [...]

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It can seem like a very long way from the ridges, hollows, and creeks of our part of Appalachians to the austere headquarters of the State Corporation Commission ( or SCC) in Richmond. The SCC regulates electric utilities in Virginia, however, and as removed as its financial number-crunching can seem from the bucolic Appalachians, the [...]

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Join us and make your voice heard in support of wise investments in energy efficiency for a better economy and a cleaner environment! What: Hearing on Dominion’s Demand Side Management Proposals When: March 6th at 10:00 AM Where: Downtown Richmond at the State Corporation Commission Building, 1300 Main Street (Main St. & Governor St.). **************************************************************************** [...]

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Please support Dominion’s Demand Side Management proposal to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) by sending in comments below. Dominion hasn’t always been our ally — spending billions of dollars on dirty, coal-fired power. But thanks to your hard work we have finally come to a place where Dominion Virginia Power has proposed meaningful energy efficiency [...]

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