In a Final Order granting a declaratory judgment petition field by Constellation NewEnergy, the Virginia State Corporation Commission held that: (1) electricity generated by a pumped storage hydroelectricity facility is “renewable energy” under Section 56-576 the Code of Virginia; and (2) the revised definition of...
You’ve probably seen reports on TV, various websites, or billboards warning against telephone scams, including where a caller targets utility customers and threatens to shut off their electricity within hours if they don’t make a payment. We now have a first-hand account from one of...
(This was first published on the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce website.) For as long as there have been lawyers, there have been clients to whom lawyers seemed expensive. In a world where you need certainty – knowing your costs, knowing your numbers – you never know how...
Another rent due date is upon us -- the second full month is beginning since COVID-19 hit the US hard. How has rent relief played out in the retail and restaurant world since my April 1 post below? Perhaps the best way to summarize is that...
Laura Musick of GreeneHurlocker explains which employers must comply under recent Federal laws enacted in response to COVID-19. Specifics of paid leave for eligible employees are found in the Families First Corona Virus Response Act, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family...
Laura Musick of GreeneHurlocker explains what employees can expect under recent Federal laws enacted in response to COVID-19. Specifics of paid leave for eligible employees are found in the Families First Corona Virus Response Act, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family...
Among the accomplishments of our General Assembly, the Clean Economy Act and Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act have set a framework to increase momentum in renewable energy development. A lot of the details are in this article from our friends at the Virginia Mercury. A...
As the impacts of the COVID-19 virus spread and more businesses begin slowing or ceasing operations, some by government order, others voluntarily, many businesses are left wondering whether their contracts contain any avenue to excuse their non-performance during the emergency. Most turn immediately to the...
Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s) are functional and flexible forms of ownership for operating companies as well as investment vehicles. As common as LLC’s are today, we ought to remember that relative to other forms of legal entities, LLC’s are still very new. It was only...
Lost in the excitement and debate about the Virginia Clean Energy Act (we talked about it here), a number of other clean energy and energy efficiency bills have been winding their way through the General Assembly. One bill in particular that has flown under the...
