The GreeneHurlocker Blog

14 Dec

Posted at 18:58h in energy lawyer, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On Friday, December 7, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) entered an order directing Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) to revise and refile its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”). This order is significant in that the SCC has never rejected an IRP, or required...

19 Nov

Posted at 15:58h in regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) just approved a new tariff that will give customers of Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) an additional option to purchase renewable energy. On November 6, 2018, the SCC entered a Final Order approving Dominion’s application to offer a...

04 Nov

Posted at 22:39h in clean energy, renewable energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

On Friday, November 2, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) approved the first major renewable energy investments by Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) following the passage of Senate Bill 966 (“SB 966”), the sweeping utility overhaul legislation enacted in March. SB 966 provides that...

29 Oct

Posted at 21:20h in clean energy, energy lawyer, retail energy market, Solar energy, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized, Virginia

On October 24, 2018, Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion) announced and issued an RFP seeking 500 MW of solar and on-shore wind generation. Projects must be at least 5 MW. Interested bidders can propose to either sell Dominion the project development assets or sell energy to...

13 Aug

Posted at 14:10h in clean energy, energy lawyer, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

On July 24, 2018, Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) filed a Grid Transformation Plan with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission” or “SCC”). The SCC has entered a procedural schedule for this case and set an evidentiary hearing for November 15, 2018. Dominion’s grid plan proposes to invest approximately...

11 Jul

Posted at 14:52h in Brian Greene, Eric Wallace, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

We have blogged previously about a petition filed at the Maryland Public Service Commission by five electric and natural gas retail suppliers seeking implementation of supplier consolidated billing (SCB). We did a video about it when the petition was filed, and our last blog on this...

26 May

Posted at 22:38h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Wallace, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Renewable energy development, driven by rising corporate demand, was a central theme of Wednesday’s 2018 Virginia Energy Conference, hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Garret Bean, Vice President of Development for sPower and one of the keynote speakers at the conference, discussed his company’s...

24 May

Posted at 14:38h in business law, contracts, Eric Wallace, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="358" class="zemanta-img"] U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] In a decision that could bode well for competitive retail energy suppliers, the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21, 2018 upheld employers’ arbitration agreements containing class action waivers. In a 5-4 opinion by Justice...

07 May

Posted at 22:37h in clean energy, energy lawyer, General Assembly, renewable energy, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On May 1, Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) filed its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”) at the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”). In Virginia, an IRP is a utility’s proposal for meeting customer demand over the next 15 years. An IRP is a planning document and does...

23 Mar

Posted at 21:52h in commission, energy lawyer, regulation, retail energy competition, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

SCC CASE UPDATE: Last week we told you about an important State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) decision that could expand access to competitive electric supply in Virginia. The SCC approved a request filed by a group of manufacturing customers to combine their demands for purposes...