Doug Jackson, 202.495.3045 or doug.jackson@sierraclub.org
RICHMOND, VA -- Virginia ratepayers could pay as much as $2.3 billion for Dominion’s planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), according to evidence the State Corporation Commission accepted for consideration. The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting the SCC rejected Dominion’s request to strike the testimony of an expert who “used the company’s own data to predict the pipeline will increase bills for Dominion’s nearly 2.5 million ratepayers between $1.6 billion and $2.3 billion.”
In response, Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign Director Kelly Martin released the following statement:
"Dominion can’t hide the truth -- their customers will end up footing the bill for the dirty, dangerous Atlantic Coast Pipeline whether they use the gas or not. With clean, renewable energy so abundant and affordable, we shouldn’t be building more fracked gas pipelines so the CEOs of polluting corporations can line their pockets."
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