Retail Electric Competition

19 Sep

Posted at 14:55h in Brian Greene, clean energy, consumer protection, energy lawyer, renewable energy, Retail Electric Competition, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

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...

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...

08 Sep

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

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...

02 May

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

[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...

10 Apr

Posted at 21:49h in Blair Powell, Eric Hurlocker, legislation, net metering, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="205" class="zemanta-img"] The Massachusetts State-house in Boston, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This week, the Massachusetts legislature reached an end to the solar impasse that existed in the Commonwealth, when the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate struck a deal regarding the net...

11 Nov

Posted at 20:15h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

In early October, 2015, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved for publication in the Maryland Register revised consumer protection rules applicable to the marketing and sale of electricity and natural gas by licensed retail suppliers. The Commission’s approval comes after more than a year of...

10 Aug

Posted at 12:05h in Brian Greene, Certificate of Public Need, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

A few months ago we blogged about the Maryland Public Service Commission’s review of proposed revisions to the Maryland consumer protection regulations. These regulations govern the interplay between retail electricity and natural gas suppliers and potential and current customers. The Commission had set a hearing...

24 Feb

Posted at 13:38h in Eric Hurlocker, Retail Electric Competition, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, Virginia

On Friday February 20th, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) issued a procedural schedule to review Dominion Virginia Power’s application seeking SCC approval to construct a 20 MW solar electric generating facility in Fauquier County, Virginia.  In addition to seeking approval to construct the facility,...

19 Feb

Posted at 17:25h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, retail supplier, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

In restructured energy markets,consumer protection regulations are being hotly contested. Many of these markets are in the northeast, and suppliers and customers in them are subject to key rules under which suppliers must operate  when marketing their products and enrolling customers. Public service commissions in Maryland, Delaware and...