Ben Wilson is joined by Energy Right Director of Policy and Engagement, Dylan Taylor to bring you coverage of the 2025 Resilient Virginia Conference. We’ll highlight conversations with Austin Counts and Kara Dotten from Appalachian Voices, catch up with Harrisonburg City Council Member, Laura Dent and wrap up our conversation with Energy Right Board Member, Corin Jackson.

Later on, Ben and Dylan will recap the conference and discuss new investments in Brunswick County, VA!

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Skyler and Ben spend time breaking down the latest PJM update and the letter that 9 Governors signed onto a letter expressing their concerns with rising prices.

Join the America First Energy Podcast, on the farm! Starting off with Ben, who is joined by Allison Wickham, where she walks us through the agrivoltaics practices she employs with bees at the Siller Pollinator Company, sharing solutions and what she’s learned from her time beekeeping. Next up, Skyler is with a longtime friend of Energy Right, Matt English, a solar grazer who invited us back to his farm to chat about lambing season and his dual use farm. To wrap up the episode, Skyler and Ben discuss an opinion piece out of Cardinal News by Dwayne Yancey.

Read the Cardinal News story “Virginia is at a Critical Crossroads which means rural Virginia is too"

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/07/14/nothern-virginia-is-at-a-critical-crossroads-which-means-rural-virginia-is-too/

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