Virginia Energy Plan
Governor Kaine is pleased to announce the release of Virginia's Energy Plan - a ten-year comprehensive Energy Plan geared to implement the Commonwealth's energy policy providing a clear path to protect the public health, safety, and welfare for all Virginians.
The plan establishes 4 primary goals for Virginia:
- Increase energy independence, with an emphasis on conservation and clean fuel technologies, by:
- Reducing the rate of growth of energy use by 40 percent. This will reverse the projected growth in per capita energy use and result in a nearly level per capita energy use per year.
- Increasing Virginia’s indigenous energy production by 20 percent.
- Expand consumer energy education to overcome barriers to implementing energy-efficiency and conservation actions.
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2025, bringing emissions back to 2000 levels.
- Capitalize on economic development opportunities through business expansion and increased research and development in areas of strength, including alternate transportation fuels, nuclear technology, coastal energy production, and carbon capture and storage.
See Governor Kaine's Press Release.
Virginia Energy Plan Briefing - (PDF)
Download the entire Virginia Energy Plan - (PDF)
Contents of the Virginia Energy Plan by Chapter:
- Cover - (PDF)
- Table of Contents - (PDF)
- Chapter 1: Executive Summary - (PDF, 29 pp, 278 KB)
- Chapter 2: Virginia Energy Resources and Consumption - (PDF, 28 pp, 1.4 MB)
- Chapter 3: Energy Efficiency and Conservation - (PDF, 20 pp, 1.1 MB)
- Chapter 4: Energy Infrastructure - (PDF, 24 pp, 962 KB)
- Chapter 5: Energy and the Environment - (PDF, 14 pp, 200 KB)
- Chapter 6: Energy Research and Development - (PDF, 26 pp, 1.6 MB)
- Chapter 7: Conclusion and Recommendations - (PDF, 30 pp, 178 KB)
- Appendices - (PDF, 6 pp, 102 KB)
History
Virginia policy legislation established an energy policy for the Commonwealth and directed the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), in consultation with the State Corporation Commission, Department of Environmental Quality, and Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, to prepare a ten-year comprehensive Virginia Energy Plan (VEP) to implement the Commonwealth's energy policy.
Click here to access Senate Bill 262 which created the Virginia Energy Plan.
Click here for information on the Virginia Energy Plan Advisory Group and meeting minutes.
