A Discussion with Clean Virginia’s Brennan Gilmore

On this episode of Second Request, executive director of Clean Virginia, Brennan Gilmore, discusses the biggest successes and challenges Clean Virginia has experienced working to advance clean government and clean energy. Listen to the podcast to learn about the history of Virginia’s monopoly utility regulation and the influence Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, has had on how the state’s energy is structured. You'll hear why Clean Virginia blames a misaligned incentive structure and political influence for years of customer overcharges, poor energy efficiency, and lack of market competition and what they are doing to change it.