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State senator tells Powhatan supervisors he will defend local authority, flags power grid and data-center pressures
Summary
Senator Cypress met with Powhatan supervisors on April 28 to hear local priorities and said he will defend local control over land use while raising alarms about the state’s electricity roadmap and the impact of data centers on rates and transmission needs.
Senator Cypress, newly sworn-in to the Virginia Senate earlier this year, met with the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors on April 28 to solicit local priorities and pledged to “represent them and take their needs and priorities to Richmond.” He told the supervisors he will prioritize preserving local authority over land-use decisions and will push colleagues to address immediate power-generation and transmission shortfalls driven by rapid growth in electricity demand, notably from data centers.
Cypress said his office is in an “ideation” phase: collecting ideas this spring and summer, narrowing them into proposed bills in July–August, and then vetting drafts through a Tenth District review before filing. “I don’t think anybody elected me to take my ideas to Richmond,” he said. “They elected me because they trusted me to represent them.” He urged local officials to continue regular, direct contact with his office and offered his cell number for follow-up discussions.
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