Eric Hurlocker Tag

21 Dec

Posted at 14:44h in distributed power generation, Eric Hurlocker, legislation, renewable energy, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In exciting news for the renewable energy industry, last Friday Congress passed (and the President signed) the $1.15 trillion federal spending bill that continued tax credits for renewable energy development. We consider these credits a powerful and useful incentive to continue the country’s momentum toward...

19 Nov

Posted at 23:58h in commission, Eric Hurlocker, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, retail energy competition, retail energy market, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer

We’ve just returned from Solar Focus 2015, the mid-Atlantic’s premier education and networking meeting for participants in the solar and renewable energy industry. As in past years, it was held in Washington, DC, and attracted a sell-out crowd. In an effort to keep everyone’s energy...

09 Nov

Posted at 00:47h in Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized, utility regulation lawyer

This is the theme of the MDV-SEIA’s Solar Focus 2015, which is just a month away. We’re attending the conference at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel from November 16-17. In fact, we’re sponsors! This is the East Coast’s premier Solar Policy Conference and there are pretty...

06 Nov

Posted at 20:10h in Certificate of Public Need, Eric Hurlocker, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

On October 30, 2015, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”) issued an Order for Notice and Hearing (the “Order”) in response to Dominion Virginia Power’s (“Dominion”) application for approval and certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate three utility scale solar electric generating facilities...

23 Oct

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

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...

06 Oct

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

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)...

24 Aug

Posted at 11:01h in community service, Eric Hurlocker, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

Eric W. Hurlocker, co-managing partner of the GreeneHurlocker law firm, has been elected to a second term on the Board of the Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia Solar Energy Industry Association, association executive director Dana Sleeper announced recently. Hurlocker joined the MDV-SEIA Board of Directors...

10 Aug

Posted at 11:58h in Eric Hurlocker, Firm News, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, Solar energy, Virginia

Yesterday’s Richmond Times Dispatch included a front page article on solar energy development in Virginia. Compared to some nearby states, Virginia remains behind the curve in solar development. Our clients and our friends in the Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association are...

22 Apr

Posted at 14:15h in Eric Hurlocker, legislation, net metering, regulation, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="519" class="zemanta-img"] Photo of the Virginia State Capitol. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Virginia energy lawyers Eric Hurlocker and Blair Wortham have been keeping up with a multitude of legislative actions during the just completed 2015 Virginia General Assembly.  Here is a brief look at...