Author: Brian Greene

19 Sep Eric Wallace Helps Guide Undocumented Children to Lawful Residency

Posted at 21:44h in associate, community service, Eric Wallace, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Virginia 1 Comment

Children who flee the dangerous social conditions and crushing poverty of countries in Central America and Asia face another daunting challenge when they reach American soil, one with which they have no experience and for which they possess no functional skills: the United States immigration...

08 Sep Delaware Arguments Are Covered at EnergyChoiceMatters.com

Posted at 12:33h in Brian Greene, commission, Delaware, distributed power generation, energy lawyer, public service commission, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Retail Electric Competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, Uncategorized 1 Comment

We're grateful for the coverage EnergyChoiceMatters.com put out yesterday about the staff-suggested changes to proposed Delaware rules that the Retail Energy Suppliers Association and the Division of Public Advocate (DPA) worked out earlier this year. We think are these changes in the proposed rules are market...

14 Aug FERC OK’s Apple’s Plan to Sell Renewable Power

Posted at 17:00h in Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="314" class="zemanta-img"] (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently authorized Apple to sell electricity in wholesale markets by approving the company’s request for “market-based rate authority.” FERC’s approval means that Apple will be able to sell excess power generated at...

29 Jul Four Years and Counting for GreeneHurlocker

Posted at 15:20h in Brian Greene, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

We are pleased to have reached our firm’s 4-year anniversary this month! We don’t normally make a big to-do about our anniversary – other than a few beers – but we’re especially proud of our growth in lawyers, staff, and number of clients. The firm has...

26 Jul Virginia Commission Rejects Customers’ Challenge to Virginia’s “Rate Freeze Law”

Posted at 14:11h in commission, consumer protection, legislation, regulation, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

On July 1, 2016, a 2-1 majority of the SCC rejected a legal challenge to SB 1349, the so-called “electric rate freeze law,” which prevents the Commission from reducing the base rates of Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) and Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”) until 2023 and...

29 Jun Commonwealth Pledges Reduced Carbon Emissions

Posted at 15:01h in Eric Hurlocker, regulation, renewable energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="173" class="zemanta-img"] Virginia Governor McAuliffe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] On June 28, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an Executive Order intended to significantly reduce carbon emissions from Virginia’s power plants and to combat the effects of climate change in the Commonwealth. Executive Order No.57...

21 Jun Cheers to everyone who joined us last night!

Posted at 22:08h in Brian Greene, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, solar energy lawyer, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

We were grateful for the large crowd of clients, colleagues and friends who came to enjoy our Great Tastes of Virginia reception at the Williamsburg Lodge during the MACRUC Annual Education Conference. The weather cooperated this year and we saw a lot of smiles around...

13 May Panelists Cover Rates and Users and Regulators Respond

Posted at 18:03h in Brian Greene, distributed power generation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

Brian Greene co-managing member of the firm, spoke on the “response panel” at the Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative Working Group Meeting. Brian’s panel responded to presentations made by an earlier panel involving rate design issues and retail price integration. Entitled "Retail Rate Design for Default...

12 May RTA’s 50th Anniversary Chesed Gala Set for June 7

Posted at 15:39h in Brian Greene, community service, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News 0 Comments

We will return this June as a sponsor for the Rudlin Torah Academy's Chesed Gala, an annual celebration during which RTA recognizes leaders, teachers, staff, and other contributors to the school and community. On this occasion, we will help RTA celebrate its 50th Anniversary of providing stellar...

02 May Will Virginia’s “Rate Freeze Law” Stand? The $280 million (Per Year) Question.

Posted at 23:04h in commission, consumer protection, General Assembly, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia 2 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="284" class="zemanta-img"] The Supreme Court of Virginia Building, adjacent to Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] A group of industrial customers of Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) recently asked the Supreme Court of Virginia to strike a controversial portion of the Virginia...