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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12/1/25  9:49 pm
Commenter: Wendy Cohen

Data Center Backup Generators
 

Polluting emergency generators should not be allowed for planned outages! If we have to have these data center atrocities, at least work to make them as eco-friendly as possible. The use of sustainable renewable energy sources needs to be maximized.

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