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23 Oct State Corporation Commission Denies Dominion’s Remington Solar Facility Application

Posted at 00:59h in Blair Powell, commission, Eric Hurlocker, regulation, renewable energy, solar energy lawyer, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”) issued a Final Order on October 20, 2015 (the “Order”) denying Dominion Virginia Power’s (“Dominion”) application to construct and operate a 20 megawatt utility-scale solar electric generating facility near the town of Remington in Fauquier County, Virginia (the...

08 Oct The Clean Power Plan Debate in Virginia

Posted at 09:30h in Blair Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Eric Hurlocker, regulation, renewable energy, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized 0 Comments

On October 5, 2015, the Richmond Times Dispatch included an article on the ongoing debate between utilities and renewable energy advocates as to how Virginia will comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan obligates states to...

06 Oct Dominion Seeks Trio of Solar Farms

Posted at 18:16h in Eric Hurlocker, retail supplier, Solar energy, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 2 Comments

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)...

10 Aug New Consumer Protection Regulations Progress

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 1 Comment

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...

31 Jul Virginia’s Renewable Energy Industry Continues to Grow

Posted at 10:02h in Blair Powell, Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia 0 Comments

With the final regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan expected by the end of the summer, along with recent legislative initiatives and the economic realities of solar and other forms of renewable energy, Virginia’s renewable energy industry continues to grow. We noticed...

08 Jul Details of Dominion’s 2015 Integrated Resource Plan

Posted at 19:25h in Blair Powell, commission, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) has filed its 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (the “2015 IRP”), which covers the period 2016 through 2030, with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”). You can view Dominion’s 2015 IRP here. Dominion’s stated objective in its 2015 IRP is to “identify...

03 Jul Maryland’s New Consumer Protection Rules Hearing

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The Maryland Public Service Commission has set a June 16-17 hearing date to consider the publication of new consumer protection rules for electricity and natural gas retail suppliers. The new rules would impact several aspects of a supplier’s marketing and enrollment processes. In January...

03 Jul APCo UPDATE: SCC Issues Order for Notice and Hearing

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On May 6, 2015, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”) issued an Order for Notice and Hearing (the “Order”) responding to Appalachian Power’s (“APCo”) application requesting approval for a voluntary program pursuant to which a non-residential customer can purchase renewable energy generated by a...

03 Jul SCC Proposes Amending Net Energy Metering Rules

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Earlier this month, the State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an order to amend the Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering (the “Net Energy Metering Rules”) which establish the requirements for participation by an eligible customer-generator in net energy metering in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...

17 Jun SCC Proposes Amending Net Energy Metering Rules

Posted at 15:43h in commission, distributed power generation, net energy metering, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="157" class="zemanta-img"] Virginia SCC Agency Seal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Earlier this month, the State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an order to amend the Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering (the "Net Energy Metering Rules") which establish the requirements for participation by an eligible...