retail energy market

13 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in legislation, renewable energy, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

The Regular Session of the 2017 Virginia General Assembly wrapped up on Saturday, February 25. While the approval of an amendment to Virginia’s biennial budget received the most attention, the session also resulted in some notable bills affecting the energy industry. In particular, the General...

15 Feb

Posted at 15:46h in energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, retail energy market, Virginia

On February 28th 2017, the Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance will host its first Leadership in Energy Advancement and Development (LEAD) series forum of 2017 in partnership with Roanoke College, in Salem, Virginia. We'll be there and hope you'll consider attending, too. Details here. Eric Hurlocker will...

18 Jan

Posted at 20:46h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

We saw the recent news that Dominion Virginia Power’s Isle of Wight solar array project delivered on time. The Woodland Solar development (19 MW) becomes one of the largest of its kind in the state. In December, Dominion brought three projects on line, including Woodland. [caption id="attachment_2498" align="alignright"...

14 Dec

Posted at 20:08h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) Last week, we introduced Part 1 of our two-part discussion about the importance of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers complying with state laws. We focused on requirements in the contract, the contract summary, certain required disclosures, and so forth. This week,...

06 Dec

Posted at 14:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) If you’re a retail electricity or natural gas supplier and you think no one will ever file a complaint against you, or that no state commission will ever ring you up with a show cause order – just stop it now. While...

30 Nov

Posted at 19:39h in business law, clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

We are excited to announce that our client, Virginia Solar, a Virginia-based solar developer, sold four solar projects, each located in the Commonwealth, on November 21, 2016 to an affiliate of Dominion Resources, Inc. The four solar projects, located in New Kent, Buckingham, Sussex and Powhatan counties, will...

09 Nov

Posted at 01:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In September, 2016, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Public Conference (Notice), initiating a “targeted” review of Maryland’s electric distribution systems to ensure that they are customer-centered, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable. The proceeding builds on recent technical conferences involving barriers to...

02 Nov

Posted at 00:06h in Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer

Solar Focus 2016, the annual conference of our Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia chapter of the Solar Energy Industry Association (MDV-SEIA), begins November 16 at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown. Once again, GreeneHurlocker will be pleased to sponsor the coffee/refreshment breaks and join in the usual spirited...

27 Oct

Posted at 14:06h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Dominion Power reports that three solar-energy projects will become operational by the end of 2016. These are expected to deliver 56 megawatts at peak power to the regional grid. Details are on Virginia Business's website. Dominion’s projects are Woodland Solar in Isle of Wight County, Whitehouse...

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...