Virginia

Mike Shuster

The implementation plan that Arlington County expects to propose in June 2020 needs to include the creation of a green bank – a quasi-public entity established to facilitate private investment into local low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure.

This March 30 story details tension within the United States' , swirling around whether and how the program should target resources to communities at greatest risk of damage from severe weather and energy poverty.

Although the gestures of the bill were certainly made clear, there is still much discussion and clarification to be had, let’s say, concerning the manufactured in America part. The provisions currently seem to demand that 40% of the manufactured components in the facility to be manufactured within America to be...

This warehouse is not the only there there-house — This site in Lynchburg, VA evokes tobacco production - but the whole region can embrace clean energy generation. (Photo by Kipp Teague, via Flickr Creative Commons.)

The Tobacco Region of Virginia, as its name shows, knows economic transitions. It can use its expertise in workforce development and industrial support to train workers and incentivize investors to speed the clean energy transition through this historic section of a rapidly changing state.

This January 24 analysis turns up a poorly kept secret: Republicans who voted against the job-boosters in the Inflation Reduction Act are seeing jobs flow to their district thanks to the law.

Energy Efficiency:

Source: ACEEE

Buildings:
Score 5.50 / 9

Utilities:
Score 1.50 / 20

Transportation:
Score 6.00 / 12

Source: DSIRE

Energy Efficiency Programs:
33 Incentives and Policies

Solar Power:

Source: DSIRE

Renewable Energy Programs:
21 Incentives and Policies

Solar Energy Programs:
17 Incentives and Policies

Source: YPCCC

87%

of people in Virginia support funding research into renewable energy sources in 2020.

(+1 of the national average)
(est. 5,697,808 of 6,546,346 adults)

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