Community Groups

Hardy Land Alliance

Hardy County

Working on: Old Fields Solar

A grassroots community organization working to preserve Hardy County's agricultural heritage and farmland for future generations.

Jefferson County VOLT (Voices Opposing Line Transmission)

Jefferson County

Working on: Valley Link — Valley North 765 kV transmission line

Neighbors in Jefferson County organizing against new high-voltage transmission lines through their county, including Valley North, and sharing updates on how residents can weigh in with the Public Service Commission.

Donations go through Venmo.

Mason United

Mason County

Working on: Monarch Compute Campus

A group formed in response to the Monarch campus, concerned about its environmental impacts, including flooding of neighbors' homes from construction.

No website found. Described by West Virginia Watch.

Say No to Valley Link

Jefferson County

Working on: Valley Link — Valley North 765 kV transmission line

Concerned citizens opposing the proposed Valley Link line across Jefferson County, which they say would harm homes, farms, and historic areas and raise electric bills to serve Virginia's data centers.

Tucker United

Tucker County

Working on: Ridgeline Facility

A coalition of Tucker County residents and allies working to keep Tucker County a healthy, beautiful place to live and work. They oppose the proposed Ridgeline power plant and data center and are calling for transparent decision-making and a return of local control under HB 2014.

Formed in April 2025.

Source: WDTV, Sept. 9, 2026

Donation form run by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.

West Virginians Against Transmission Injustice (WATI)

Hampshire and Mineral counties

Working on: MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) 500 kV transmission line

A nonprofit advocacy group for residents of Hampshire and Mineral counties, raising awareness about high-voltage transmission lines that it says disrupt communities while serving data centers in Virginia. It is an intervenor in the PSC case on NextEra's MidAtlantic Resiliency Link.

Source: PSC Commission Order, Case No. 26-0075-E-CN (March 18, 2026)

Donations go through Givebutter.

West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy

Statewide

Working on: HB 2014; data center tax policy

A research organization that analyzes how data center laws and tax breaks affect counties, schools, and the state budget.

West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club

Statewide

Working on: Ridgeline Facility; Maidsville Energy Center (FirstEnergy gas plant); HB 2014

The Sierra Club's statewide chapter. It was one of three groups that appealed the Ridgeline air permit, opposes FirstEnergy's planned gas plant at Fort Martin, and tracks data center projects across the state. It is a member of the WV Data Center Accountability Project.

Sources: WV Chapter issues page; WV Public Broadcasting, Sept. 9, 2026

Donations go through the national Sierra Club's giving site and stay with the chapter; they aren't tax-deductible..

West Virginia Citizen Action Group

Statewide

Working on: HB 2014 and related bills

A statewide advocacy group that tracks and organizes around data center legislation in the Legislature.

West Virginia Data Center Accountability Project (WVDCAP)

Statewide · members from Mason, Putnam, Berkeley, Mingo, and Tucker counties

Working on: HB 2014

A statewide coalition of county groups and advocacy organizations working for local control and community consent over data center development ("community over computers"). Its central demand is amending HB 2014 to restore local control, along with enforceable protections on water use, pollution, noise, and lights. It plans to share legal, environmental, and organizing strategies across counties.

Members include the WV Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and WV Citizen Action Group.

Source: WDTV, Sept. 9, 2026

West Virginia Environmental Council (WVEC)

Statewide

Working on: HB 2014

A statewide coalition that "promotes environmental protection and policies for a sustainable future in West Virginia," with a voice at the Legislature since 1989. It tracks data center proposals and opposes HB 2014, which it calls "deeply unpopular legislation."

Source: WVEC, "Grassroots Over Gigabytes," Apr. 29, 2026

Gifts fund lobbying and aren't tax-deductible; WVEC's sister group, the WV Fund for the Environment, takes tax-deductible gifts..

West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

Statewide

Working on: Ridgeline Facility; HB 2014

A statewide conservation organization, and one of the groups that appealed the Ridgeline air permit.

West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WV Rivers)

Statewide

Working on: Monarch Compute Campus; HB 2014

The only statewide organization focused on the health of West Virginia's waters. It is urging the DEP to deny a water quality (Section 401) certification for more wetland impacts at the Monarch campus in Mason County, and it opposed HB 2014 in 2025.

Source: WV Rivers action alert, Sept. 2026

West Virginians for Energy Freedom (WV4EF)

Statewide

Working on: Maidsville Energy Center (FirstEnergy gas plant); MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) 500 kV transmission line; HB 2014

A statewide coalition of neighbors, organizations, businesses, municipalities and elected officials working for affordable, locally owned clean energy. It asks the PSC to put ratepayers first as it writes rules under HB 2014, and questions who should pay for new power plants and transmission lines built for data centers.

Sources: WV4EF, Aug. 12, 2026; WV4EF gas plant campaign

WV Surface Owners' Rights Organization (WVSORO)

Statewide

Working on: Ridgeline Facility

A statewide membership organization that works to protect landowners' rights, especially from oil and gas drillers. It filed comments with the DEP on the Fundamental Data power plant and data center near Thomas, including on noise and skyglow.

Source: WVSORO, Aug. 20, 2025