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26 May

Posted at 20:01h in commission, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

Commission Sets date for hearing on reasonableness of new renewable energy tariff proposal On April 28, 2016, Appalachian Power Company filed an application with the Virginia State Corporation Commission asking for approval of a voluntary tariff that the Company says would allow customers to purchase “electric energy...

03 May

Posted at 14:18h in commission, distributed power generation, Eric Wallace, Maryland, net energy metering, net metering, public service commission, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The proposed regulations for Maryland's Community Solar Pilot Program were published in the Maryland Register on April 29, 2016.  Here is a link to the Community Solar Pilot Program rules as published. Under the proposed rules, customers that subscribe to a community solar energy generating...

26 Feb

Posted at 18:29h in Blair Powell, commission, public service commission, retail energy competition, retail energy market

On Friday, February 26, 2016, the District of Columbia Public Service Commission (the “Commission”) denied approval to Exelon’s $6.8 billion acquisition of Pepco Holdings, which would have made Exelon the largest electric utility in the United States.  Commissioners Betty Ann Kane and Joanne Dotty Ford...

23 Feb

Posted at 14:04h in Blair Powell, Department of Environmental Quality, General Assembly, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

We’ve examined in detail the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) changes to implement Virginia’s 2009 “Small Renewable Energy Projects” legislation (VA Code 10.1-1197.6). The statute moved authority from the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) to DEQ over protection of natural resources (specifically wildlife and historic...

10 Feb

Posted at 16:34h in Blair Powell, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, the United States Supreme Court held in a five to four decision to halt enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan by the Obama administration until its legal challenges are resolved.  The challenge to the Clean Power Plan...

01 Feb

Posted at 21:04h in Blair Powell, natural gas, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Dominion Resources Inc. (“Dominion”) announced Monday, February 1, 2016, that it plans to purchase Utah-based Questar Corporation (“Questar”), a natural gas distributor, for approximately $4.4 billion in an all-cash deal.  Purchasing Questar will expand Dominion’s customer base to customers in Western states.  With Questar’s acquisition,...

21 Jan

Posted at 19:07h in Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

Eric Hurlocker will be on the "Top Ten Legal Considerations - Virginia" panel at the 2016 Clean Energy CLE, February 3, in Raleigh, NC. Presented by the NC Sustainable Energy Association, the meeting will be held at the Doubletree Raleigh-Durham, a Hilton property just off...