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■ 27 December 2011 | 5:00 AM

Wind energy setback

THE RECENT NEWS that Dominion will not purchase electricity from the wind farm planned for Pasquotank and Perquimans counties is yet another demonstration of Virginia's largest utility's disregard for the welfare of Virginians. Dominion is willing to spend millions on a feel-good advertising campaign that touts the utility's green credentials, hundreds of millions on new natural gas plants and billions on nuclear, but wind and solar is always 'too expensive,' to quote Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell.

Apparently, Farrell's calculations fail to consider the cost of sea level rise and more severe hurricanes caused by global warming. As Virginia's single-largest greenhouse-gas emitter, it is time that Farrell and Dominion considered an accounting statement that was longer than one quarter or one year.

And for the climate-change skeptics out there, an investment in Iberdrola wind farm in adjoining North Carolina means good jobs for Hampton Roads. As a customer, I am more than disappointed with Dominion's failure to make major investments in wind and solar in Virginia.

Glen Besa, Director

Richmond

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Glen Besa, Director

Submitted by Daniel J Callahan, Norfolk, VA on Tue, 12/27/2011 at 11:17 pm.

Glen Besa, Director Richmond

Shouldn't that read Glen Besa, Director Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter Richmond ?

Victory for consumers

Submitted by William Tabor, Chesapeake, VA on Tue, 12/27/2011 at 12:47 pm.

Wind energy is hideously expensive, especially when the costs of backup power are considered. Dominion is protecting its customers by declining to include wind energy in its power mix.

Green energy is a fraud being forced on the public for political purposes and Dominion has served us well in protecting us from that scam.

Would have thought a doctor

Submitted by Daniel J Callahan, Norfolk, VA on Tue, 12/27/2011 at 11:27 pm.

Would have thought a doctor able to understand the physiology behind carcinogens raining from our skies. The only environmental stance you have ever shown on these boards is the plight of the menhaden. Guess you haven't invested in Omega to the degree of our General Assembly. You have stock in Dominion, deny it.