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24 Feb Virginia Commission Schedules Dominion Solar Facility Application

Posted at 13:38h in Eric Hurlocker, Retail Electric Competition, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

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,...

19 Feb Energy Regulators Reviewing Consumer Protection Rules

Posted at 17:25h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, retail supplier, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

In restructured energy markets,consumer protection regulations are being hotly contested. Many of these markets are in the northeast, and suppliers and customers in them are subject to key rules under which suppliers must operate when marketing their products and enrolling customers. Public service commissions in Maryland, Delaware and...

27 Jan Dominion Goes Big On Solar Project

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 0 Comments

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 Secure Futures Begins Solar Project for University of Richmond

Posted at 13:36h in Eric Hurlocker, retail supplier, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer 1 Comment

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 Report Shows Residential Electric Users Can Cut Costs with Solar

Posted at 14:33h in Eric Hurlocker, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

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...

06 Jan Robust Solar Industry Confirmed by MSN Money

Posted at 13:43h in Eric Hurlocker, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

Since our founding, one of our firm’s primary areas of practice has been assisting clients in the development, construction and financing of solar energy projects in Virginia and elsewhere. Over the course of the past several years, we have continued to see the expanded use of solar...

20 Nov Back from Solar Focus with Good News

Posted at 15:10h in Eric Hurlocker, regulation, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia 1 Comment

We’ve just returned from Solar Focus 2014, the big Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia (MDV) Solar Energy Industry Association conference in Washington, D.C. and our client Secure Futures, LLC, was recognized as Solar Innovation of the Year. This is no small feat, and we offer congratulations to Tony...

18 Nov Hope You Enjoyed Our Open House!

Posted at 15:52h in Eric Hurlocker, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

It was simply fantastic to see so many friends, colleagues and clients at last week’s Open House. We had wonderful food from Amy Beth Lehman and her team, and we were able to give everyone the “Cook’s Tour” of our new space, which is roomy...

13 Nov November’s Solar Focus Gets Our Attention

Posted at 10:23h in Eric Hurlocker, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

The MDV SEIA’s 8th annual Solar Focus conference, the East Coast’s premier solar conference, is slated for November 17 and 18 in Washington, D.C., and we will be there, all in. We will be one of the sponsoring organizations for this outstanding industry conference. In...

29 Oct Maryland PSC Lowers Retail Natural Gas Suppliers’ WGL Winter Collateral

Posted at 18:41h in commission, distributed power generation, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

Decision Relieves Retail Suppliers from Paying Excessive Collateral to WGL The Maryland Public Service Commission has granted a request by Washington Gas Light and two retail suppliers to lower the collateral for suppliers operating on WGL’s system for the winter season. Click here for WGL’s initial...