Matt Busse

Business reporter for @CardinalNewsVA with a focus on energy & environment. Email: [email protected]

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Hello to new followers. 👋 I cover business for Cardinal News (https://t.co/0UBW9GyAOK) in Southwest and Southside Virginia & the Alleghany Highlands.

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[Matt Busse @mbusse]

The data center industry's expansion into Southwest Virginia continues with a gigawatt data center project proposed for Wythe County. https://t.co/HxkDjcC6rm

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Appalachian Power's latest rate increase request could raise the average residential monthly bill $9.10, but the company says it would be almost twice that if not for its new ability to package certain expenses into securitized bonds.

Details: https://t.co/buVCrM0LkA

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Appalachian Power plans upgrades to serve Google data centers in Botetourt
https://t.co/GweyAeLF9v via @cardinalnewsva

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Old Dominion Power proposes a rate hike that would increase the average residential bill for its Southwest Virginia customers by $43, or 23%.

That & more biz news at the link:

https://t.co/Zs9uS54rjc via @cardinalnewsva

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Columbia Gas of Virginia seeks regulatory approval to raise the average residential customer’s monthly bill by a total of about $14 in two phases.

Details at the (100% paywall-free) link:

https://t.co/RUlJpRVmw2 via @cardinalnewsva

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

If the Virginia General Assembly wants to start fixing FOIA, defining what is and isn't a "personnel " information would be a good place to start.

It's become a catch-all concept that can be used to hide anything remotely scandalous from the public

https://t.co/gadN7Z2BVw

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

The new publisher of The Roanoke Rambler says contract proposals that led to the departure of the Rambler’s three staff journalists were necessary for the publication’s financial sustainability.

https://t.co/EL2VOAQaPJ via @cardinalnewsva

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

The former owner of The Roanoke Rambler says he feels “shocked, betrayed, angry and deeply saddened” by the termination of the Rambler’s three-person news staff after the publication was sold:

https://t.co/U1iolsQm0M via @cardinalnewsva

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

AeroFarms says sale expected to close in April after 'normal delays'
https://t.co/g98STeQQmN

[Marisa Schultz @marisa_schultz]

.@semafor profiles the New York Post Runners -- the backbone of the storied newsroom.

“In a day and age where AI is taking over,” the @nypost is “still doing basic journalism every day,” @liaeustach says.

The runner offers a dynamic, and distinctly analog, example of what a human does best, and what LLMs can’t do at all — knock doors, form a connection, catch a vibe.

https://t.co/kJwRP2TpFq

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Martinsville-based Carter Bank has sold a portfolio of past-due loans connected to U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family businesses and valued at more than $200 million.

https://t.co/MHWAZLCB87

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Did you know? On a Windows computer, Windows key + V opens a clipboard history of the last 25 things you've copied. You can pin items to save them after restarts.

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

"It’s the biggest power line you can build, and it’s going directly through our property,” one Appomattox County resident said of Valley Link's proposed Joshua Falls to Yeat transmission line. “In fact, their line proposes to go right through our pond.”

https://t.co/ZbpNAY1tZi

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Adjusted for inflation, it would have to be about $218.

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Goldman Sachs Flags Risk of Brent Crude Soaring Beyond $147/Barrel — Shattering 2008 record

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Goldman Sachs Flags Risk of Brent Crude Soaring Beyond $147/Barrel — Shattering 2008 record

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

The Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative joins other Va. public electric utilities in seeking higher rates as business expenses increase.
https://t.co/IBWfa6GOzL via @cardinalnewsva

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

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[Virginia Political Memes @VApoliticalmeme]

Fun fact: 48.6% of Virginia's population are "born-here" residents, meaning they were born in the Commonwealth, according to WRIC.

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Backers of the Joshua Falls to Yeat transmission project say it will address rising electricity demand and grid reliability.

Others are concerned about its impact on local communities and potential use of eminent domain to take private property.

https://t.co/o9de4gpyY2

[Matt Busse @mbusse]

Decades of coal ash have built up at Appalachian Power's Glen Lyn plant in Giles County, Va.

The utility has a $340M plan for a new landfill to hold it.

https://t.co/NoPLe7F0ow