Brian Greene

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the world’s largest private fusion company, has selected Chesterfield County, Virginia as the site for the world's first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant. Following a global search, CFS, which was spun out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a startup in...

Virginia has set its sights on a clean energy future, but the path to achieving this vision is becoming increasingly complex. The Commonwealth's ambitious goals, enshrined in the Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 (VCEA), are clashing with a formidable force: growing local opposition to...

GreeneHurlocker is pleased to announce that two of its lawyers were recently recognized by the Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance (“VA-REA”). Eric Hurlocker, who has served the renewable energy industry in Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic for decades, was one of two recipients of the Virginia...

Large-scale solar development is widespread in rural Virginia. Such projects usually require special use permit approval at the county level, among other actions. In the face of citizen opposition to large solar projects, often of the "not in my backyard" variety, some Virginia county governing bodies...

[caption id="attachment_20363" align="alignleft" width="300"] image from Charlottesville Tomorrow[/caption] On April 30, 2021, the Virginia Commission issued two orders – one for Dominion and one for Appalachian Power Company – that laid out the annual framework by which each utility will demonstrate compliance with the Virginia Clean...