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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11/19/25  9:46 am
Commenter: Angela Behrend

Please say no to increased use of diesel generators
 

Data centers are already horrible for the environment. These highly profitable ventures have always promised to minimize their environmental damage to the extent possible. Allowing them to “cheap out”, relying on less expensive diesel fuel rather than investing in high-quality backup generators that are less polluting, is a violation of their promise. Please do not allow them to skate on this issue. It is already bad enough that we have to have them.

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