Solar energy

06 Oct

Posted at 18:16h in Eric Hurlocker, retail supplier, Solar energy, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On Thursday, October 1, 2015, Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”), Virginia’s largest utility, announced its proposal to build three large-scale solar facilities with a combined capacity of 56 MW in three Virginia counties:  (i) 17 MW to be built on 165 acres in Powhatan County, (ii)...

24 Aug

Posted at 11:01h in community service, Eric Hurlocker, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

Eric W. Hurlocker, co-managing partner of the GreeneHurlocker law firm, has been elected to a second term on the Board of the Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia Solar Energy Industry Association, association executive director Dana Sleeper announced recently. Hurlocker joined the MDV-SEIA Board of Directors...

10 Aug

Posted at 11:58h in Eric Hurlocker, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, Solar energy, Virginia

Yesterday’s Richmond Times Dispatch included a front page article on solar energy development in Virginia. Compared to some nearby states, Virginia remains behind the curve in solar development. Our clients and our friends in the Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association are...

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,...

27 Jan

Posted at 17:52h in Certificate of Public Need, commission, distributed power generation, Eric Hurlocker, regulation, Solar energy, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia

Last week, Dominion Virginia Power filed a petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for a 20 megawatt (MW) solar project.  The company claims that this project would be Virginia’s first large scale, utility solar...

20 Jan

Posted at 13:36h in Eric Hurlocker, retail supplier, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

We were pleased to be involved in the University of Richmond and our client, Secure Futures, announcing an agreement to install solar panels on the roof of UR’s Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. “Being a graduate of both Richmond College and the T.C. Williams...

09 Jan

Posted at 14:33h in Eric Hurlocker, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

Customers in 80% of the country’s 50 largest cities would save money if they installed rooftop solar on their homes instead of buying all their electric power from local utilities. That’s from the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center’s Going Solar in America, a 27-page report...