Democratic State Senator Donald McEachin is expected to announce on Wednesday a bill which would mandate an energy efficiency standard for the Commonwealth. The bill will require utility companies to implement energy efficiency programs and reduce energy consumption among customers by more than 12 percent by 2022. The state already has a similar energy goal but it's voluntary.

"We'll see more people getting into the business than we're already seeing right now and with that means more jobs and new people coming in and being put to work," says [Chelsea Harnish, with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network].

Harnish says the bill will create 8,000 new jobs.

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