Encouraging Green Energy Growth

It is crucial that Virginia have a strategy to encourage and increase our use of renewable energy sources while simultaneously creating jobs. At the moment Virginia encourages use of renewable energy sources through with a voluntary standard for power companies to produce 12% of their power from green energy sources by the year 2022. As part of Terry McAuliffe’s plan to increase use of renewable energy sources while also creating jobs, as Governor,  McAuliffe would make this standard mandatory.  McAuliffe believes this extra push is crucial to assuring job creation, improved environment and in the end the energy companies will make money, too.

McAuliffe Will Create Jobs the Green Way

Terry McAuliffe believes that now is the time to begin planning for the inevitable future of substantially increased use of renewable energy sources.  Since agriculture and forestry are Virginia’s foremost industries Virginia has a huge potential for growing biofuels which can create new markets for farmers. Terry McAuliffe is determined to establish partnerships with the federal government, colleges, universities and the private sector to make Virginia an example of how renewable energy can benefit our country economically as well as environmentally.