On February 25, 2019, the Virginia State Corporation Commission entered a Final Order denying Walmart’s petitions seeking permission under Va. Code § 56-577(A)(4) (“Section A 4”) to aggregate or combine the demands of certain electricity accounts. Walmart had filed a petition to aggregate 120 accounts...
On Friday, December 7, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) entered an order directing Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) to revise and refile its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”). This order is significant in that the SCC has never rejected an IRP, or required...
Later today, we will be heading to Atlanta for the Southeast Renewable Energy conference being held at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel. We're going to this networking event where the entire southeast renewable energy community gathers to get the latest insights into the market and...
On October 24, 2018, Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion) announced and issued an RFP seeking 500 MW of solar and on-shore wind generation. Projects must be at least 5 MW. Interested bidders can propose to either sell Dominion the project development assets or sell energy to...
We were pleased to be involved in the Sierra Club’s presentation organized for local governments in the Northern Virginia area last month, as we detailed here. Afterward, the Sierra Club said: “This briefing was sponsored by the Great Falls Group and held at the Fairfax County...
I am excited to have been invited by the Great Falls Group of the Sierra Club to join in the “Clean Energy Financing Workshop for Local Governments” that will be held this Friday (September 7) from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government...
On July 24, 2018, Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) filed a Grid Transformation Plan with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission” or “SCC”). The SCC has entered a procedural schedule for this case and set an evidentiary hearing for November 15, 2018. Dominion’s grid plan proposes to invest approximately...
Renewable energy development, driven by rising corporate demand, was a central theme of Wednesday’s 2018 Virginia Energy Conference, hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Garret Bean, Vice President of Development for sPower and one of the keynote speakers at the conference, discussed his company’s...
On May 1, Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) filed its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”) at the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”). In Virginia, an IRP is a utility’s proposal for meeting customer demand over the next 15 years. An IRP is a planning document and does...
If you have been wondering about the effect of Virginia's 2018 General Assembly session on electric regulation in Virginia, we have good news for you. The GreeneHurlocker Principles of Electric Utility Regulation in Virginia, the firm's complete guide to the state's electric regulation laws, has been...
