Virginia regulators approved the largest offshore wind project in the country Friday, while imposing unique performance requirements to protect the utility's customers if the costs of the project unexpectedly spike in coming years. Dominion Energy Inc.’s proposed 176-turbine wind farm, which would be located roughly 27 miles from Virginia Beach, still needs approval from the Biden administration to begin construction. But the nod from the Virginia State Corporation Committee, which previously criticized the utility’s proposed offshore wind pilot project costs as inflated, was necessary for Dominion to pass on the expense of the wind farm, with a profit, to its customers. Full Story: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/08/08/virginia-greenlights-largest-offshore-wind-farm-in-u-s-00050146