Solar power Tag

01 Nov Charlottesville Projects Add to Solar Energy Growth

Posted at 23:58h in energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, retail energy competition, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized, Virginia 0 Comments

Charlottesville Tomorrow has a nice piece on Riverbend Development’s plans to install a sizable solar panel array on one of its properties in the town. This follows on an installation earlier this year by the company on Starr Hill Brewery, nearby in Crozet, Virginia. As we noted...

14 Aug FERC OK’s Apple’s Plan to Sell Renewable Power

Posted at 17:00h in Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="314" class="zemanta-img"] (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently authorized Apple to sell electricity in wholesale markets by approving the company’s request for “market-based rate authority.” FERC’s approval means that Apple will be able to sell excess power generated at...

01 Aug Great Clients and Good Works

Posted at 14:24h in community service, distributed power generation, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

Sigora Solar, one of our longstanding clients, is building electrical capacity at Sigora Haiti in Mole St. Nicolas and, just a bit up the road, is providing a solar canopy in a small fishing village to bring cheap and continuous power to these isolated homes....

26 May SCC will meet about reasonableness of proposed renewable energy tariff

Posted at 20:01h in commission, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

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 Maryland Proposes Community Solar Pilot Program Regulations

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 2 Comments

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...

10 Apr MA Legislators Pass Compromise on Net-Metering, Reimbursement Rates

Posted at 21:49h in Blair Powell, Eric Hurlocker, legislation, net metering, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer 0 Comments

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="205" class="zemanta-img"] The Massachusetts State-house in Boston, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This week, the Massachusetts legislature reached an end to the solar impasse that existed in the Commonwealth, when the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate struck a deal regarding the net...

09 Mar Secure Futures Project Underway at University of Richmond

Posted at 19:59h in Eric Hurlocker, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia 0 Comments

As we mentioned here, our client Secure Futures is installing a solar facility on the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness. That work has just begun in earnest, as announced by the UR Communications office here. As alumni of our local university and law school (Eric...

23 Feb Summary of DEQ’s Solar Permit By Rule (PBR) Requirement Small Solar Exemptions

Posted at 14:04h in Blair Powell, Department of Environmental Quality, General Assembly, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

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...

29 Jan MDV-SEIA Sponsors Clean Energy Lobby Day Again

Posted at 16:43h in Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

On February 9, 2016, the Maryland, DC, Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA) and the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council will host Clean Energy Lobby Day (CELD) 2016. The event brings together the advanced energy businesses of Virginia with key legislators to advocate for clean technology...

07 Jan Reminder: Next week is deadline to participate in Dominion’s CPCN case

Posted at 19:48h in Blair Powell, Certificate of Public Need, commission, regulation, renewable energy, retail energy market, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

As we previously discussed here, any person or entity who wishes to participate as a respondent in 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 must file a...