Virginia offers a wealth of excellent power, water, telecommunications and
other business infrastructure resources necessary to succeed in today's global
economy.
- Virginia provides a stable energy resource pool utilizing a variety of
sources to serve present and future residential, commercial, industrial and
transportation needs.
- Virginia’s electric rates are among the lowest in the nation—under the latest
deregulation legislation, the General Assembly capped the rates at the current
levels through 2010.
- Virginia's restructuring act gives residents and companies alike the option
to choose energy providers.
- In 2007, the average cost per unit of electricity for the industrial sector
is 4.33 cents in Virginia, compared to 6.00 cents for the nation.
- Virginia has more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, with a combined
total freshwater flow of 25 billion gallons per day.
- More than 1.1 million miles of fiber optic cable have been installed by
local telephone companies.
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