Outside the polling location this morning, Charles Sparks, 45, voted Democrat, saying, "fossil fuels suck, I hate them."

Joshua Miller, 46, voted Republican, saying he supports a clean energy transition, but "not like we got to be entirely solar by 2030. Not as fast." (2/3)

The location of Dominion's proposed gas peaker plant in Chesterfield County is within the Elizabeth Scott voting precinct.

There, Harris received about 52% of the votes in 2024.

There, incumbent GOP Del. Carrie Coyner is facing a challenge from Dem. Lindsey Dougherty. (1/3)

Earlier this year, the Virginia legislature passed only a handful of 33 unique bills on data center development in the state.

My colleague Deep Vakil and I took a deep dive on what the bills aimed to do and why they failed.

Graphic c/o Paul Horn.

insideclimatenews.org/news/3009202...

Also of note, a Cumberland County Planning Commission member and a community member got into a testy exchange after the meeting:

Dominion Energy says it filed a rate request with its regulators

Would increase base rates $8.51/ month in '26, $2/month in '27 for typical residential customer

Costs w/ PJM, Jan. '25 cold lead to a $10.92/month increase for fuel, too

Creates a new rate class for data centers