Author: Brian Greene

06 Feb

Posted at 13:34h in Brian Greene, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The Delaware Public Service Commission has approved new Electric Supplier Rules for final publication in the April 1, 2017 edition of the Delaware Register. The rules will become effective April 11, 2017. The new rules replace Delaware’s existing Electric Supplier Rules and introduce numerous provisions that...

03 Feb

Posted at 19:48h in commission, distributed power generation, energy lawyer, regulation, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

On Wednesday, February 1, the Virginia State Corporation Commission approved an application filed by Dominion Virginia Power to construct and operate a 20 MW solar generating facility near the town of Remington, in Fauquier County. Virginia. Dominion will sell the output of the facility to...

20 Jan

Posted at 15:04h in Blair Powell, clean energy, distributed power generation, renewable energy, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Appalachian Power (“APCo”), a subsidiary of American Electric Power, issued a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) on January 19, 2017, seeking up to 25 megawatts alternating current (“MW AC”) of ground-mounted utility scale solar.  Pursuant to the terms of the RFP, the project must (i) be...

17 Jan

Posted at 20:11h in associate, Blair Powell, community service, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Virginia

GreeneHurlocker and GreeneHurlocker energy lawyer Blair Powell were noted in the 2016-2017 winter newsletter of the Young Lawyers Division of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA) for their partnership with the Capitol Mentor Program (CMP). The CMP partners with Woodville Elementary School in Richmond, which serves a...

14 Dec

Posted at 20:08h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) Last week, we introduced Part 1 of our two-part discussion about the importance of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers complying with state laws. We focused on requirements in the contract, the contract summary, certain required disclosures, and so forth. This week,...

06 Dec

Posted at 14:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) If you’re a retail electricity or natural gas supplier and you think no one will ever file a complaint against you, or that no state commission will ever ring you up with a show cause order – just stop it now. While...

09 Nov

Posted at 01:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In September, 2016, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Public Conference (Notice), initiating a “targeted” review of Maryland’s electric distribution systems to ensure that they are customer-centered, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable. The proceeding builds on recent technical conferences involving barriers to...

07 Nov

Posted at 17:56h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, public service commission, retail energy competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

The Delaware Commission on November 1, 2016, approved for publication and comment new consumer protection rules that largely resemble the rules that were published in October and which we blogged about here.  We expect the newly-approved rules to appear in the December 1, 2016 Delaware...

21 Oct

Posted at 17:23h in Blair Powell, clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, Solar energy

On October 20, 2016, Eric Hurlocker and Blair Powell, together with numerous state and local officials, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia commemorating new solar panel installations developed by our long-standing client, Secure Futures. Six public schools in Albemarle County...