This is an e-mail from Wise Energy for Virginia…
From winning better efficiency measures in Richmond to stopping mountaintop removal projects across Appalachia — every time we’ve spoken up and reached out to decision makers, we’ve made a difference in Virginia’s clean energy future.
Now, we need you to reach out to your fellow Virginians — to stop a massive new coal-fired power plant proposed in Surry County.
The Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has proposed a new 1500-megawatt coal burning power plant to be built in Surry County.
Their proposal is directly opposed to what polls show most Virginians want. By a wide margin, Virginians support an energy plan that invests in efficiency and clean energy, and that works to reduce pollution and the threat of global warming.
The locals are already actively fighting the proposal, which you can read about in the news here and here.
The ODEC proposal is far from a done deal. In order for the plant to be built, nine different electric cooperatives from different regions of Virginia must agree to share the cost of construction.
We believe that the majority of the Virginians who live in the service districts of these cooperatives don’t want to see $6 billion of their money spent on a project that isn’t needed, that will raise their electric bills, and that will increase air pollution across our state.
The problem is, many of these customers don’t know this proposal is on the table.
That’s why we need you to sign up for our online phone bank — to help us reach tens of thousands of electric cooperative customers and encourage them to tell their electric cooperative board members to vote “NO” on the Surry County coal plant proposal.
To take part, all you need is a regular (or cell) phone line, and an internet connection.
And if you live in Richmond, or Charlottesville you can even use our phones to take part in the phone bank.
We have a website with a script that will guide you through your calls, and provide you with the names and phone numbers for you to call at your convenience.
Click here to sign up for our phone bank — and stop the latest coal plant in Virginia.
Thank you for doing everything you can to help us get the word out about the proposed Surry County coal plant — and more importantly, for your continued help in stopping it.
Kathy Selvage
Wise Energy for Virginia
P.S. Great news! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended its previously-granted permit for the proposed Ison Rock Ridge mountaintop removal coal mining project! Click here to learn more: http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2009/05/under-pressure-army-corps-suspends-fill-permit-for-virginia-mountaintop-removal-coal-mine/
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