Public Comments for: HB198 - Solar energy; potential benefits of using for certain residential applications.
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Last Name: Cameron Organization: Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Locality: Fairfax County

The Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (VASWCD) is a private nonprofit association of 47 soil and water conservation districts in Virginia. The Association provides and promotes leadership in the conservation of natural resources through stewardship and education programs. It coordinates conservation efforts statewide to focus effectively on issues identified by local member districts. Our mission is to serve and strengthen soil and water conservation districts in the stewardship of natural resources. At our December 2022 annual meeting, the Association unanimously expressed support for legislation to remove any incentives to convert forest and prime agricultural lands into solar industrial facilities, but instead provide incentives for such solar facilities to be developed on brownfields and on existing residential and commercial structures, where they can contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction without impairing environmental quality in the Commonwealth. In 2016, the US Department of Energy estimated that 30% of what was then Virginia's electricity demand could be satisfied by rooftop solar, but that was 8 years ago, Virginia's demand for energy has changed dramatically since then, as have both the federal and state statutory and regulatory framework affecting renewable energy. We need the reliable current Virginia information that will be provided by this bill. In December 2022, Time magazine estimated that 33% of the national demand for electricity could be met by putting solar panels over parking lots, but we don't have any information specific to Virginia. We have no idea what the solar energy development potential is for brownfields in Virginia, including old industrial and coal mining areas, but these lands could be very helpful in both meeting our renewable energy needs and in revitalizing communities. HB 198 would help us understand this potential. To better conserve our open space and natural resources we need to understand how we can provide incentives to install solar in locations that will not damage our environment or harm Virginia's agriculture. The Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts therefore strongly supports HB 198 patroned by Delegate Krizek. We believe HB 198 takes a positive step to address the many problems posed by the ongoing loss of forest and prime farmland to industrial utility scale solar development across the Commonwealth. We urge its prompt passage.

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