The proposed rule making PE license renewal based on continuing education units is a money making scam and provides little benefit to the working engineer!  I have researched the cost of a credit hour and it runs between $25 and $50.  So a bi-annual additional cost for keeping my registration (and my job!) is $400 to $800.   Most of the states that have this requirement specify a minimum of 15 credits per year, so I am sure the rules will be amended to comply in short order, thus doubling my costs. 

I see this as an un-necessary tax that will be used to fund a new industry in Virginia: worthless online courses designed to satisfy administrative requirements.  I also noticed that a standard 3 credit university course ($951/$671  Grad/undergrad  at ODU)  is only worth 15 continuing credits. So an engineer can't even use a course to fulfill the requirement.

The local state PE conventions provide the opportunity for gaining some credits.  Gee could this be a ploy to force people to the conventions?  If the conventions were currently high enough on the interest scale to warrant the time and expense to attend, you wouldn't need a forcing function.  Think about it.

Most of the job skills required for my field are leading edge technology that cannot be enhanced by fundimentals refresher courses. 

The only benefit I see from continuing Ed is to keep track of changing requirements from the legal/legislative processes.  Personally, I think my registration fees should go toward producing a summary document sent to all PEs periodically by the board.