They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. It is not just a lobby or a front group it is much more powerful than that. See ALEC Corporations for more.ĪLEC is a corporate bill mill. Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Councilĭominion has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and a member of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force. CO 2 emissions) and 179,000 tons of SO 2 (1.2% of all U.S. In 2006, Dominion's 10 major coal-fired power plants emitted 56.2 million tons of CO 2 (0.9% of all U.S. Here is a list of Dominion's coal power plants with capacity over 100 MW: Plant Name Existing coal-fired power plantsĭominion had 17 coal-fired power plants in 2011, with 8,742 MW of capacity. According to a 2010 article in Vanity Fair, "as use of the technique (fracking) has spread, it has been followed by incidents of water contamination and environmental degradation, and even devastating health problems." And according to data released to the EPA, Halliburton, a major supplier of fracking fluid, admitted using 807,000 gallons of diesel-based chemicals in its fluids, in violation of an agreement drillers had with the EPA. (More information about its coal production can be found below at the Dominion Coal Production section on this page.) Though lauded as an environmentally-friendly alternative to coal, fracking for gas has been linked to depleting drinking water resources of local communities and polluting the wells of the people living around drill sites. Dominion is also one of the biggest producers of coal in the U.S., with the majority of mines located in West Virginia.
It is involved in the controversial practice of fracking for methane gas in the Northeastern U.S. The Richmond, Virginia-based company focuses on electricity, coal and gas, and most recently, nuclear. Dominion is a giant in energy production.
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