Posted on 10/05/2022 7:57:40 AM PDT by Twotone
Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants his state to repeal a legislative mandate conforming Virginia 's vehicle standards to California 's on the basis that it could make a "disastrous combination" in conjunction with an evolving grid.
Youngkin, a Republican, released a 2022 energy plan Monday recommending legislators to reevaluate the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a 2020 law that set deadlines for the state's utilities to cease generating electricity from fossil fuels and rely on renewable sources such as wind and solar instead, and to cut the link between Virginia's and California's air regulations.
The plan also takes aim at a separate Virginia law passed in 2021 that directs state regulators to adopt air quality standards of the California Air Resources Board, which just in August finalized a zero-emission vehicle standard that bans the sale of nonelectric vehicles by 2035. Youngkin's plan said that such a standard could clash with a phase-down of baseload power generation, or generation from thermal sources such as natural gas or nuclear power, that can be adjusted in concert with demand.
"Transitioning from baseload generation while attempting to accommodate this increase in electricity demand could be a disastrous combination for Virginia’s grid reliability," it said.
The energy plan calls for an "all of the above" energy strategy that favors multiple generation sources, from nuclear to renewables and natural gas, rather than a renewable-only strategy.
The plan points to tight energy supply conditions in California and Europe, which have rapidly increased the amount of "intermittent" or variable renewable energy sources on their grids while limiting the expansion of traditional fossil fuel sources, as a cautionary tale.
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Won’t matter what VA wants if manufacturers want to stick to a single standard.
Is he a Presidential contender? I only know him from his election victory forward.
Is Youngkin still hand tied with a dem legislature? Getting these laws repealed should be common sense.
Will we return to commo9n sense....someday...
dem senate
The House of Delegates is GOP majority, but the dems have a 21-19 majority in the State Senate.
yeah, I couldnt remember. Whats the outlook for changing that in Nov?
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It seems odd to me,, that apparently Virginia had passed a law tying their future with electric cars, to what California decided to do.
Virginia has been more Democrat governed in the past, but is waking up.
Let California is committing suicide. No reason to copy them.
I’d have to check on that... one of the Senators is a neighbor of mine... awhile back, he was pretty optimistic of the GOP pulling out a majority. Here’s hoping!
An all-electric impoverished California leaves plenty of evil carbon for the rest of us!
Book I’m evangelizing: “Shorting the Grid” by Meredith Angwin. Long-time power industry insider lays out how regulation favorable to wind/solar nearly caused a catastrophic winter blackout in Vermont, and how every other region is teetering on the edge of that cliff.
It seems the left has found another clever way to enact their socialist climate agenda based on decisions made thousands of miles away by a group of un-elected government officials.
Good on Youngkin for trying to undo their scheme.
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