Public Comments for: HB2087 - Electric utilities; transportation electrification, definitions.
The American Lung Association strongly supports this bill, given its importance for preventing delays to air pollution regulations. Zero-emission vehicles are a critical tool for reducing harmful air pollution. The “Driving to Clean Air” report by the Lung Association found that the transition to zero-emission vehicles powered by clean energy would provide the Virginia with $25.4 billion in health benefits, prevent more than 2,320 premature deaths and 60,600 asthma attacks, and avoid 299,000 lost workdays. HB 2087 would prevent delays to air pollution solutions by requiring that utilities plan to accommodate the electricity needs for future transportation electrification growth. Ensuring that electrical capacity is delivered to all customers in a timely manner when it is needed will not only provide benefits to all ratepayers, but also secure significant public health savings and avoid many lost workdays. I respectfully ask for your support on this legislation to secure important air pollution reductions to improve lung health in Virginia.
Drive Electric RVA supports the portions of HB 2087 that requires Virginia’s largest utilities to provide more information on how they intend to have sufficient grid capacity for future transportation electrification. The private sector has invested in charging infrastructure throughout the state, but the perceived lack of certainty over grid capacity is holding them back. It has also alarmed potential EV owners who may not go electric because they don’t want to crash the grid. Utilities are the only ones who can assuage these fears by filling the vacuum of information.
Please let me know about anything to do with ANY SOLAR or wind. Also why aren't you working on lowering this socialism health obamare that is failing! We pay double our house payment for healthcare. They do a certain percentage of what u make a year. I have to take money out of my 401k for healthcare that counts as income. It shouldn't count as income when you are taxing the heck out of us. We can't travel,most our prescriptions we use to take won't be covered and could go on and on about this robbery of people s hard earned money!
Dear Memgers of the House Lavor and Commerce Committee. I support HB 2o97. Early PSA screening enabled me to have my GLEASON 10 to be discovered early and prevent early spread of the disease. It is imperative that PSA testing be availabie to high risk men. Michael Brannon, CAPTAIN, USN (Retired)