I recently blogged about a case in which the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in my client’s favor. Numerous people reached out to me, many of them asking what it was like to do a virtual argument before the Court. Well, let me tell you about...
The Supreme Court of Virginia recently affirmed a Final Order issued by the State Corporation Commission that began as a dispute over what qualifies as renewable energy but ended in a split opinion debating the effects of statutory changes on existing contracts. At the end...
Transactional lawyers don’t often get to see the fruits of their labors. In the renewable energy world, at least there is a physical project to show for the work at the end, and we like a to see a good solar facility built as much...
We are seeing a trend with Virginia localities proposing or enacting solar moratoriums to allow for the updating or creation of solar-specific solar ordinances, including the newly enacted revenue share ordinance.[1] These are important developments that those in the solar power industry should be aware...
This is the last in our series of blog posts and videos (the whole series is here) about how an idea is just that: an idea, and how there are some basic, critical things a high-potential start-up technology company founder must do in order to...
Our client Secure Futures, which has been helping expand solar installations including energy storage and energy management and monitoring software for over a decade, has just received a $25 million commitment to finance solar installations in Virginia and the southeast US. Read the whole story...
We had a great day on June 8 with Kim Brundage and her team capturing new images of all our lawyers and our staff leader. Kim Brundage Photography was selected before the COVID pandemic interrupted our ability to be together, but her help was worth...
Virginia Employers with 5 or More Employees – take note: Effective July 1, 2021, the Virginia Human Rights Act will include “disability” as a protected characteristic for the purposes of non-discrimination requirements. Beyond that, Virginia employers must provide reasonable accommodations to workers who have a...
[caption id="attachment_20363" align="alignleft" width="300"] image from Charlottesville Tomorrow[/caption] On April 30, 2021, the Virginia Commission issued two orders – one for Dominion and one for Appalachian Power Company – that laid out the annual framework by which each utility will demonstrate compliance with the Virginia Clean...
Panel Discusses GreeneHurlocker’s Funding of $100,000 Scholarship at U of R School of Law GreeneHurlocker is proud to have been a sponsor of the TomTom Foundation’s “From Classroom to Boardroom Race and Equity Conference” in early April 2021. The sponsorship comes on the heels of our...