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Hidden Costs of Solar: Exposing the Flaws in Virginia’s Clean Economy Act

Joe Thomas •   October 21, 2025

You may have heard the expression “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” This expression is particularly apropos when the issue of “renewable” energy comes up.

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The Daily Signal sat down with Andy Anderson, a businessman who has been called to testify before the Virginia State Corporation Commission on energy costs, who shows us what he uncovered in the “statistics” used to sell people on the Virginia Clean Economy Act and its reliance on solar energy.

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Joe Thomas is a Virginia correspondent for the Daily Signal.

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