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  9:45 am
Commenter: Donna Stauffer

No to allowing data centers to use diesel generators during planned outages
 

Please do nit loosen the ordinances to allow polluting diesel generators to operate at data centers during planned outages.  This would definitely increase air pollution and make these data centers even greater contributors to global warming than they are already.  These profitable companies need to do more to ensure their operators do not harm the health and well being of their neighbors. 

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