Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
Air Pollution Control Board
 
Guidance Document Change: DEQ Guidance Memo APG-578 addresses the use of emergency generators in the case of “sudden and reasonably unforeseeable events” as the result of a planned electric outage.
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11/18/25  8:03 pm
Commenter: Porsche bailey concerned citizen

Stricter regulations on diesel generator operations
 

DEQ's proposal would allow data centers to potentially turn on hundreds to thousands of diesel generators, putting public health at greater riskWe believe this change should not be allowed or, at the very least, should be strictly limited and regulated

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