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03 May Maryland Proposes Community Solar Pilot Program Regulations

Posted at 14:18h in commission, distributed power generation, Eric Wallace, Maryland, net energy metering, net metering, public service commission, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 2 Comments

The proposed regulations for Maryland's Community Solar Pilot Program were published in the Maryland Register on April 29, 2016. Here is a link to the Community Solar Pilot Program rules as published. Under the proposed rules, customers that subscribe to a community solar energy generating...

21 Mar Dance at Deep Run Raises over $223,000

Posted at 17:20h in community service, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, solar energy lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

Deep Run High School's Marathon Dance, which we talked about here, here, and here, raised over $223,000 for charitable causes last Friday and Saturday. The young people who organize and stage one of the nation's largest and most successful marathon dance fund raisers deserve all the...

18 Mar The Dance Will Soon Begin

Posted at 18:39h in community service, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, solar energy lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

Deep Run High School's Marathon Dance, which we talked about here, here, and here, will kick off tonight. We're proud of these young people who organize and stage one of the nation's largest and most successful marathon dance fund raisers, and who have donated over...

09 Mar Secure Futures Project Underway at University of Richmond

Posted at 19:59h in Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia 0 Comments

As we mentioned here, our client Secure Futures is installing a solar facility on the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. That work has just begun in earnest, as announced by the UR Communications office here. As alumni of our local university and law school (Eric...

23 Feb Summary of DEQ’s Solar Permit By Rule (PBR) Requirement Small Solar Exemptions

Posted at 14:04h in Blair Powell, Department of Environmental Quality, General Assembly, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

We’ve examined in detail the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) changes to implement Virginia’s 2009 “Small Renewable Energy Projects” legislation (VA Code 10.1-1197.6). The statute moved authority from the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) to DEQ over protection of natural resources (specifically wildlife and historic...

29 Jan MDV-SEIA Sponsors Clean Energy Lobby Day Again

Posted at 16:43h in Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

On February 9, 2016, the Maryland, DC, Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA) and the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council will host Clean Energy Lobby Day (CELD) 2016. The event brings together the advanced energy businesses of Virginia with key legislators to advocate for clean technology...

21 Jan Eric Hurlocker and the Virginia Legal Considerations Panel

Posted at 19:07h in Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

Eric Hurlocker will be on the "Top Ten Legal Considerations - Virginia" panel at the 2016 Clean Energy CLE, February 3, in Raleigh, NC. Presented by the NC Sustainable Energy Association, the meeting will be held at the Doubletree Raleigh-Durham, a Hilton property just off...

07 Jan Reminder: Next week is deadline to participate in Dominion’s CPCN case

Posted at 19:48h in Blair Powell, Certificate of Public Need, commission, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

As we previously discussed here, any person or entity who wishes to participate as a respondent in Dominion Virginia Power’s (“Dominion”) application for approval and certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate three utility scale solar electric generating facilities must file a...

26 Dec McAuliffe Announces Plan to Increase State Solar Use

Posted at 19:02h in associate, Blair Powell, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, Uncategorized, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="178" class="zemanta-img"] (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] On December 21, 2015, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that, as a way to continue momentum in Virginia’s solar industry, state agencies will derive eight percent (8%) of their energy from solar sources within the next three (3) years. ...

21 Dec Congress OKs Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension

Posted at 14:44h in distributed power generation, Eric Hurlocker, legislation, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

In exciting news for the renewable energy industry, last Friday Congress passed (and the President signed) the $1.15 trillion federal spending bill that continued tax credits for renewable energy development. We consider these credits a powerful and useful incentive to continue the country’s momentum toward...