Dear members of the board:

• RGGI imposes a carbon tax that has cost Virginia electricity generators more than $500 million in just two years, costs which are passed along to consumers. Another $300 million will likely be collected in 2023. Customers of Dominion Energy Virginia pay almost 70% of this total.

• Virginia generators and other industrial energy users were already moving away from coal and natural gas, and RGGI has not accelerated that trend, which will continue without RGGI. Other laws and market forces are driving the changes.

• Despite lower emissions in Virginia, RGGI has not and will not lower CO2 in the atmosphere. Virginia uses electricity from the entire PJM interconnection region, including several states that are not part of any such compact, and CO2 levels are rising worldwide. 

Therefore, please vote with our governor to remove Virginia from the RGGI.

Respectfully

Terry E