Happy August! Our family has had a fun summer and is looking forward to the new school year and football season. Unfortunately in the coming weeks, several working families are going to face higher electric bills.
Dominion/Democrats Increasing Electric Bills
Electric bills for the 2.7 millions Virginians in Dominion Energy's service territory will be costing an average of $46.68 more per year after recent action in Richmond. The hike was approved following Dominion's recent $160 million lease acquisition for offshore wind power generation and a Dominion written law allowing such costs to be placed on captive ratepayers that Democrats passed during their complete control of state government in 2020.
In advance of Dominion Energy's anticipated lease acquisition for offshore wind power generation, I introduced Senate Bill 688 to protect ratepayers. My legislation would have limited the purchase of any lease to $16 million. Unfortunately the legislation was defeated in the Democrat-controlled Senate Commerce and Labor Committee a few months before Dominion went and used captive rate-payers' future bills to pay ten times as much.
VP Kamala Harris Seeking to Reverse Gov. Yongkin's Pro-Ratepayer Action
Governor Glenn Youngkin and General Assembly Republicans won relief for electric rate payers during this year's budget negotiations by ending the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Forbes reported this week that Vice President Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats want to subject all Americans to a federal carbon tax designed to raise electric rates just like RGGI.
Mailbag: "Those Greedy Republicans and Dominion"
Ms. Davis from Alexandria recently wrote me a letter denouncing Republicans like me for having campaigns financed by Dominion Energy and saying, "I have never in my lifetime voted for a Republican and never will... Yes – my initial reason for writing this letter is the outrageous price increase in the cost of power – but the reason that happened rests on the shoulder of every republican politician and lobbyist who do not support climate change."
I trust the USPS is currently carrying my hard copy reply back to Ms. Davis, but in case anyone was similarly confused I wanted to make some things clear. My three campaigns for public office have accepted a grand total of $0 from Dominion Energy. Republican Delegate Joe McNamara who represents my Roanoke Valley neighborhood has also taken $0. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's campaign took $0 from Dominion Energy and actually faced $200,000 in Dominion-financed, intensely focused attack ads aimed at suppressing the Second Amendment vote in western Virginia.
Since January, Ms. Davis' Democratic Senator in Alexandria has taken $60,000 from Dominion Energy bringing his career total up to $435,572. During his uncontested campaign last autumn, Ms. Davis' Democratic Delegate accepted $90,000 bringing his career total to $349,507.
Support Our Efforts
Unlike the Democrat candidates that Ms. Davis proudly supports, our campaign does not receive support from from the electric monopolies. If you are in a position to contribute to our efforts, it would be very helpful and appreciated!
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