Sample Letter to the Editor: Grid Transformation & Security Bills = Economic Growth

Letter: Improved energy grid vital to area job growth

Columnist on target in tying energy grid to local job growth

I don’t want to see Fredericksburg fall behind, while Richmond and Northern Virginia see job growth. You can tell Curry Roberts at the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance doesn’t either based on his recent column [Va. bill key to expanded, improved energy grid, Feb. 16, 2018].

You can’t argue with the fact that when businesses are looking to expand into Fredericksburg, they want to know about energy reliability and renewability, as well as cybersecurity. As it stands, we’re operating on a grid that can’t meet the expectations of these businesses. In fact, our current grid can’t even meet our own expectations in the face of increased solar panel and electric car usage.

The Grid Transformation and Security Act of 2018 is exactly the legislation we need to make ourselves competitive again. And it’s not just the Fredericksburg area that would be elevated in terms of economic growth and job opportunities by the updates this act proposes—the rest of Virginia would, too.

I want us to set the standard for cutting-edge infrastructure, and that’s why the Fredericksburg community needs to support the Grid Transformation and Security Act of 2018.

Debbie Seay

Spotsylvania

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