Which has done more harm to the proposed sale of Dominion Energy? The fresh testimony from important stakeholders who are opposed to its acquisition by NextEra...
Last week Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) released a modeling-based energy plan for Virginia claiming it could end the use of natural gas, despite accelerating electricity demand. A year ago,...
Despite the heated political wars over NextEra Energy’s effort to purchase Dominion Energy and over Virginia’s fleet of data centers, what matters most to Virginia’s energy...
Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, who likely represents the Congressional District with the largest concentration of data centers, has become a leading advocate for placing new limits on...
The impact of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon tax on your electric bill – and everything you buy that depends on electricity – will be...
There are very few issues on which the Jefferson Forum has been in full agreement with Governor Abigail Spanberger. However, her straightforward argument that tariffs raise...
The anti-data center rhetoric has reached a fevered pitch. Living adjacent to “data center alley” — the flyers, community meeting invitations, phone calls, and protest notices are...
Scholars Ian Rowe and Brad Wilcox, writing recently in The Wall Street Journal, identified a factor routinely omitted from discussions of student achievement: family structure. When...
Governor Abigail Spanberger’s announcement that she will intervene in the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) review of the proposed Dominion Energy–NextEra merger is a reminder of why...
Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in Michigan’s Democratic primary for the United States Senate marks another important advance for the socialist wing of American politics. Backed by...
When Jared Walczak writes something down, you should read it. Whether you agree with his analysis or whether it serves your politics, you’ll be a little...
The thick haze now covering much of the East Coast arrived without requesting a permit from Virginia regulators. It did not stop at the Canadian border....
Virginia’s climb in CNBC’s newest “Top States for Business” ranking — moving from No. 4 back to No. 3 — should be welcomed. But it should...
The 2025-26 Supreme Court term is now over, which means we are now witnessing the usual handwringing that passes for analysis of the decisions the Court...
The July heat wave that pushed PJM toward record electricity demand should force Virginia policymakers to confront an uncomfortable truth: the electric grid does not run...
On July 4, 1826, Americans gathered across a still‑young republic to celebrate a milestone some believed we’d never reach: the fiftieth anniversary of independence. Church bells...
The most important energy outcome of recent legislative wrestling over Virginia’s energy-focused state budget is what it didn’t include. Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) and the legislators...
Virginia is now facing one of the most dangerous habits in modern state government: using a must-pass budget to carry major policy changes that could not,...
Yesterday, the Virginia Board of Education voted by a near majority to reject a proposal to delay the implementation of more rigorous Standard of Learning cut...
The energy regulatory provisions buried in the final conference report on Virginia’s 2026-2028 budget, approved by the General Assembly on Monday, are as complex and detailed...
(Note to readers, the Virginia Board of Education needs to hear from you before Thursday’s meeting. Tell them not to delay implementing the already approved higher accountability...
Governor Abigail Spanberger announced her support for a deal to create a legal retail cannabis market in Virginia — only weeks after vetoing a bill to do much...
Virginia’s return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will produce such an explosion of new tax revenue and will cause such major increases in consumer...
