Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for taking action on data center bills!
But, there’s more work to be done. So please keep up the pressure and take 2 actions.
First: The House killed bills that would have saved Virginians money on electricity bills and made it harder to build more dirty fossil fuel energy generation plants. Yet these same bills passed the Senate and have now “crossed over” to be reconsidered in the House. Many of you have already written emails to House and Senate legislators on these bills. Clearly, the House did not get the message! So we must put pressure on the House Labor & Commerce Committee to pass these Senate bills now. Please ask members on this Committee to support SB339 (Perry) and SB619 (Srinivasan) today.
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Second: It is time for Governor Spanberger to weigh in and support critical data center bills SB619, SB339 identified above as well as Delegate Rip Sullivan's HB897. HB897 links the astronomically generous tax incentives to data centers in exchange for procuring renewable energy and operating back up polluting diesel generators only in emergencies. While HB897 has "crossed over" to the Senate, there is no guarantee the Senate will vote for this bill. We need the Governor's support for all 3 bills.
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