{"podcast":{"title":"VPM Daily Newscast","slug":"vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","podcast_index_feed_id":1019051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/vpmdailynewscast","website_url":"https://vpm.org/news","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7e942d00-b195-11ea-af96-ab5b8e8b2b6e/image/313a7ebb33cbc81166c2beeac17dc644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"VPM","episode_count":1627,"summary":"This VPM News supercast contains Central Virginia's news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Kim Strother and VPM News editors, episodes are (usually) recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:17:25.970730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051"},"episode":{"title":"7/22/26 - Electricity costs for many municipalities have increased","slug":"7-22-26-electricity-costs-for-many-municipalities-have-increased","published_at":"2026-07-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/7-22-26-electricity-costs-for-many-municipalities-have-increased","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","url":"https://www.vpm.org/show/vpm-daily-newscast","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/VPM8356239661.mp3","summary":"Read more from VPM News:  Local governments grapple with spiking energy costs   Other links:  Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement delays decision on including Virginia's tribes (Inside Climate News)  VA-01 Democrats escalate dispute with state party over primary neutrality (Virginia Mercury)  Seibert’s Towing seeks fuel surcharge as costs rise, asks for $250 fee to handle damaged electric vehicles (The Richmonder)  Virginia lawmakers call for probe into Albemarle schools handling of child sex abuse cases (29 News)  Documents reveal details on several data center projects in Petersburg’s pipeline (Richmond BizSense)*  Youth rescue camp aims to inspire Virginia’s next generation of first responders (Cardinal News)  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. ","meta_description":"Read more from VPM News: Local governments grapple with spiking energy costs Other links: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":269,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/episodes/7-22-26-electricity-costs-for-many-municipalities-have-increased/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/7-22-26-electricity-costs-for-many-municipalities-have-increased.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}