🚨BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis says he will allow Florida voters to vote to ABOLISH PROPERTY TAXES. Do it EVERYWHERE! "If you own your home, to truly OWN it, you have to own it FREE and CLEAR of the government - you shouldn't have to pay rent to the government!" "We're gonna place a question on the BALLOT that is gonna allow Floridians to vote themselves relief from property tax." "Your personal home, we really believe, should not be subject to tax. It's an unrealized gain." "People say, 'that can't be done.' My question is, why can't it be done? [Broward] County, Florida. 1.9 million people. NO net population growth over the last 5 years, but the budget has increased 60%!" Democrats and Socialists are taxing us to death and destroying our country. Virginia will suffer just like Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington State, Colorado, and California.

Please support HB457. Parking lot solar is an excellent dual use, which would also reduce the pressure on rural areas and farmland. As Virginia seeks to grow our solar energy, using already-built areas, such as parking lots, makes incredible sense. A recent study found that the average US city devotes about 22% of its space to parking lots. Examples of existing solar parking lots provide significant cost benefits to the commercial establishments, while drawing more customers due to the shade and potential for EV charging. This bill would have the greatest impact in urban areas like Northern Virginia, that has a large number of parking lots suitable for solar canopies. It makes sense that this area, which has the largest power demand, would help to mitigate the impact as well.

I stand with VCDL on these bills.

Drive Electric RVA supports HB457 as an important component of Virginia's transition to electrified transportation. Cars spend more than 90 percent of the day parked. Electric vehicles have the ability to refuel while they are parked and their owners go about their day. The installation of solar canopies at workplaces and shopping centers would provide clean energy to fuel EVs during some of this idle time when both solar available and electricity demand are at their peak. This bill would give localities the ability to require that developers who are permitted to erect large parking lots provide a renewable energy resource in exchange. The canopies would also help shade all cars from inclement weather conditions, which are likely to become worse as climate change worsens.