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August 12, 2009

Why air is getting cleaner and power more expensive

From the Staunton News Leader of Virginia, a report that a judge has revoked Dominion Virginia Power's emissions permit for a new coal-powered generation plant. The plant is already under construction. It'll probably end up getting finished, but the ruling demonstrates the challenges to building new generators of any kind, especially coal. It's why conservation has turned into Job No. 1 for the Mid-Atlantic grid.

Posted by Jay Hancock at 10:01 AM | | Comments (0)
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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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