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Jul 2, 2025

Nvidia-backed AI startup to curb hungry data centers’ appetite for power

Startup Emerald AI plans to use software that will help AI data centers adjust their energy consumption, avoiding strain on the grid.

A rendering of Commonwealth Fusion Systems' planned facility in Chesterfield County. Image courtesy CFS.
Jul 2, 2025

Google agrees to buy power from planned Chesterfield fusion plant

Google inks deal to buy power from CFS’ planned grid-scale commercial fusion plant in Chesterfield, expected to be the first of its kind.

A rendering of Commonwealth Fusion Systems' planned facility in Chesterfield County. Image courtesy CFS.
May 27, 2025

Fusion power plant seeks zoning permit in Chesterfield

Commonwealth Fusion Solutions has filed an application with Chesterfield County for a permit to build its proposed 400-megawatt fusion power plant in the county, which would be the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant.

Dominion Energy plans to develop the nation's largest wind farm — an $8 billion, 220-turbine project — off the coast of Virginia Beach by 2026. Photo courtesy Dominion Energy
May 6, 2025

Tariffs could add $500M to Dominion offshore wind project

Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy says the cost of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in Virginia Beach could rise by about $500 million due to tariffs on imported goods imposed by President Donald Trump.

Carlos M. Brown, president of Dominion Energy Services, will assume oversight of the company’s project construction group. Photo courtesy Dominion Energy
Apr 23, 2025

Dominion Energy shakes up senior executive responsibilities

Fortune 500 Utility Dominion Energy announced Wednesday it’s making major changes to the responsibilities for three senior executives, effective June 1.

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Dec 18, 2024

Big tech company to buy power from Va.’s first onshore wind farm

Even as political winds shift in Washington, D.C., a long-delayed onshore wind farm in Botetourt County might finally be sailing to completion. Charlottesville-based Apex Clean Energy announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal for Google to purchase the full capacity of Rocky Forge Wind, a wind farm the Charlottesville company has been working to […]

Chris Cosby. Photo courtesy Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Nov 18, 2024

ODEC announces next president and CEO

Chris Cosby will become president and CEO of Glen Allen’s Old Dominion Electric Cooperative on Feb. 1, 2025. Cosby succeeds John C. Lee, who has been ODEC’s president and CEO since Sept. 8, 2023, initially serving in an interim capacity. ODEC announced Lee’s retirement, effective Feb. 1, on Monday. He will serve as a senior […]

Appalachian Power plans small nuclear reactor in Campbell
Nov 14, 2024

Appalachian Power plans small nuclear reactor in Campbell

Appalachian Power, an electric utility subsidiary of American Electric Power which serves more than one million customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, announced plans Thursday to bring a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project to Campbell County. The company, which has its headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, has identified a potential site for the […]

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Oct 30, 2024

Amazon, Dominion agree to explore nuclear development

With power consumption by data centers and AI projected to more than quadruple in Virginia in the next 15 years, Amazon.com and Dominion Energy Virginia have entered into an agreement to explore potential development of small modular nuclear reactors at North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, the two companies announced during an Oct. 16 […]

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Oct 15, 2024

Dominion files energy plan that includes more wind, nuclear

Dominion Energy Virginia filed its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan on Tuesday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, setting out its long-term plans for energy generation over the next 15 years. The report calls for more offshore wind and solar energy development, as well as small modular nuclear reactors starting […]

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Aug 29, 2024

Power up

In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office awarded Dominion Energy a grant of $33.7 million to help make the state’s electrical grid more efficient. The funds, provided through the department’s $3.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program, will support increasing battery storage capacity in rural communities and facilitating[...]

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Aug 28, 2024

North Anna gets federal OK to operate through 2060

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved 20-year extensions for North Anna Power Station’s two nuclear reactors, allowing them to operate through 2058 and 2060, Dominion Energy announced Wednesday. The two reactors in Louisa County were originally licensed to operate for 40 years, beginning in 1978 and 1980, and in 2003, the licenses were renewed for […]

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