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  10:16 am
Commenter: Diane Dean

A former energy ATTORNEY, I ADAMANTLY oppose the use of diesel back up generation for data centers!
 

Diesel is the filthiest possible back up plan for data centers! Implementing them as the back up plan is lazy and self-serving (with no consideration of the health and welfare of local residents). There re plenty of energy options that can be installed -REDUCE usage (A temporary DATA COLLECTION blackout will not do irreversible harm), small nuclear, solar back up - GET ON THe solar installations - We’re in Virginia for God’s sake!

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