The Virginia Energy Innovation Act (“VEIA”) became law on July 1, 2022. The purpose of the VEIA was to encourage natural gas utilities to invest in biogas facilities. Roanoke Gas Company wasted no time in seeking approval of a biogas facility. On August 3, 2022,...
[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...
Co-managing member Brian Greene said the firm is pleased to announce the endowment of a $100,000 scholarship at the University of Richmond School of Law. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage students with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds to earn their law degrees...
Thanks to everyone who joined us Tuesday for our first in a continuing series of online briefings the second Tuesday of every month at 10:00 AM for 10 minutes. I was pleased to host Sarah Vogelsong, reporter for Virginia Mercury who covers energy and the...
You’ve probably seen reports on TV, various websites, or billboards warning against telephone scams, including where a caller targets utility customers and threatens to shut off their electricity within hours if they don’t make a payment. We now have a first-hand account from one of...
The Virginia Senate Commerce & Labor Committee rejected two bills on February 24, 2019 that would have allowed customers of Dominion Virginia Energy and Appalachian Power Company greater access to purchase renewable energy from an entity other than their electric utility. Customers and competitive service...
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) denied Dominion Energy Virginia’s (“Dominion”) July 16, 2019 petitions for declaratory judgment in Case Numbers PUR-2019-00117 and PUR-2019-00118 by Final Order on September 18, 2019. Dominion’s petitions sought to have the Commission standardize “around the clock,” “control of...
Brian has been named to the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB) by the General Assembly of Virginia. The VIAB is a Commonwealth of Virginia agency that helps Israeli companies locate and grow their U.S. operations in Virginia. The VIAB offers a variety of programs to foster...
At long last, the Delaware Public Service Commission entered an order adopting Delmarva Power’s proposed purchase of receivables (“POR”) program effective July 1, 2019. We previously blogged on this issue when Delmarva initially filed its proposal. The effective date was delayed by one month, but...
After years of proceedings at the Delaware Public Service Commission, the end – or the beginning – is in sight. In late March, Delmarva Power filed its proposed Purchase of Receivables (POR) program, including the going-in discount rates, with the Delaware Commission. With a POR...