Dominion Energy Virginia Earns Lowest Score in Sierra Club's Clean Energy Report

Dominion Energy Virginia has fallen short of its clean energy goals, earning a dismal 0% score in the Sierra Club's annual Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report. The report evaluates 75 utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants by 2030, avoid new gas plants through 2035, and transition to clean energy through 2035. Despite rapidly rising electricity demand from Virginia's data center growth, Dominion Energy is doubling down on fossil fuels, prioritizing dirty energy over clean alternatives.

Key Takeaways:

• Dominion Energy Virginia earned a 0% score, the lowest since the report's inception in 2021, in the Sierra Club's Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report.
• The report grades 75 utilities on their plans to retire coal plants by 2030, avoid new gas plants through 2035, and transition to clean energy through 2035.
• Dominion Energy Virginia is prioritizing fossil fuels despite facing rapidly rising electricity demand from Virginia's data center growth.
• The Sierra Club's report found that utilities are regressing on their clean energy transition, with an average score of 15 points across 75 observed large utilities.
• Dominion Energy is at the bottom of the regression trend, indicating a lack of progress on clean energy goals.
• The report highlights the need for utilities to phase out polluting, volatile, and expensive fossil fuels and invest in stable, reliable, and affordable clean energy.
• Mary-Stuart Torbeck, Campaign Representative for the Beyond Coal Campaign at Sierra Club, noted that Dominion Energy has consistently used data centers as an excuse for keeping its coal plants online and building new gas plants.
• Holly Bender, Sierra Club Chief Program Officer, emphasized that utilities are ignoring renewable energy, the cheapest form of energy, and forcing their customers to pay more.

Statistics:

• Dominion Energy Virginia earned a 0% score in the 2025 Sierra Club's Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report.
• The report evaluates 75 utilities, with Dominion Energy Virginia ranking at the bottom.
• The average score across 75 observed large utilities was 15 points.
• The Sierra Club's report suggests that utilities are regressing on their clean energy transition.
• Dominion Energy is prioritizing fossil fuels despite facing rapidly rising electricity demand from Virginia's data center growth.

Sources:

• Sierra Club Copyright 2017 Contify.com: "[Category: Renewable Energy, Gas Utilities, Utilities, Electric Utilities, Awards and Recognitions, ESG]"