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By Jason Peck

Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer

It’s a big step for energy policy

For the first time a state with a shaky background in energy conservation has a plan for bettering itself

On Wednesday; Sept. 12, Governor Tim Kaine unveiled the Virginia Energy Plan, a result of meetings, public workshops and studies by the Department of Mines Minerals and Energy

Ordered in the 2006 General Assembly session the 10-year plan lays out conservation goals for the state - a first in Virginia s history And as an active document, it’s updated every five years.

“We make many day-to-day deeisinrn* that affect whether we use energy wisely or whether we waste it,” Governor Kaine said via press release. "We also make long-term choices that affect energy use, such as choices about the houses we live in, the cars we drive, and whether we are using energy efficiently in

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