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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12/2/25  9:12 am
Commenter: Nan McCarry

No Backup Diesel Generators for Data Centers
 

The data center industry has enough funds to invest in cleaner ways to provide backup power. Do NOT loosen rules for data centers!

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