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  8:49 pm
Commenter: L.Craven

No to more diesel generator use
 

I am strongly opposed to the potential allowance of data centers to use diesel fuel generators to supply energy during power outages other than an unplanned emergency incident. I am disgusted that this would even be under consideration given the well known pollution and environmental hazards diesel causes. To prioritize the convenience of data centers above our air quality and endanger the respiratory health of wildlife and humans living close by these data centers is despicable. Please do not permit more irreparable damage to our environment. 

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