Environmental Protection Agency

21 Nov

Posted at 20:51h in Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

But some uncertainties remain. On Thursday, November 16, the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board unanimously approved a draft rule designed to reduce carbon emissions from fossil generating facilities operating in the Commonwealth. The highly complex regulation, if implemented, would require Virginia generating facilities to participate...

10 Feb

Posted at 16:34h in Blair Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, the United States Supreme Court held in a five to four decision to halt enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan by the Obama administration until its legal challenges are resolved.  The challenge to the Clean Power Plan...

22 Jan

Posted at 21:47h in Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Eric Hurlocker, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday declined to halt the implementation of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (“CPP”). The CPP, which requires states to submit proposals to reduce carbon emissions from power generation facilities, was promulgated by the EPA on...

08 Oct

Posted at 09:30h in Blair Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Eric Hurlocker, regulation, renewable energy, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized

On October 5, 2015, the Richmond Times Dispatch included an article on the ongoing debate between utilities and renewable energy advocates as to how Virginia will comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan.  The Clean Power Plan obligates states to...