Virginia legislators cast a wide net on energy, hoping to land more capacity

By: Ivy Main

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 2,647

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Two themes have emerged in the first half of the General Assembly session this year. First, legislators have no intention of stopping the data center boom, even temporarily. And second, their preference for dealing with the skyrocketing energy demand is to piece together a lot of small and medium-sized initiatives in hopes they all add up to enough to meet the moment. If it doesn’t work, that’s a problem for next year.

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