Author: Eric Wallace

09 Aug Maryland Public Service Commission Rejects Utilities’ Proposals

Posted at 19:32h in commission, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

Proposals Would Drive Up Costs for Competitive Retail Energy Suppliers and their Customers Good news for Maryland’s competitive energy suppliers and their customers. In the past few weeks, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued two Letter Orders rejecting requests by BGE, Pepco, and Delmarva Power to include in the Purchase...

23 Jun SCC Hearing Examiner Recommends Denial of Appalachian Power’s Renewable Tariff

Posted at 15:06h in clean energy, commission, energy lawyer, retail energy competition, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

On Wednesday, June 21, a Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) Hearing Examiner issued a report recommending denial of a renewable energy tariff (“Green Tariff”) filed by Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”). If accepted by the full Commission, the Hearing Examiner’s findings would be a victory for...

17 May Maryland Commission Approves 380 MW of Offshore Wind

Posted at 07:45h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, renewable energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

On May 11th, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved two offshore wind projects, totaling 380 megawatts of wind capacity. Development of these offshore wind facilities is expected to create almost 9,700 new jobs. In the introduction to the order approving the projects, the Commission explains...

16 May Community Solar Growing in Mid-Atlantic

Posted at 16:29h in clean energy, distributed power generation, Eric Wallace, public service commission, retail energy market, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 1 Comment

Eric Wallace explains what's driving the increase in interest and use for community solar energy generating facilities in mid-Atlantic jurisdictions such as Maryland and the District of Columbia. For more information about community solar projects and regulation, contact Eric or any of our mid-Atlantic energy...

08 May 35th Annual National Regulatory Conference!

Posted at 07:30h in Eric Wallace, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia 0 Comments

GreeneHurlocker lawyers attended the 35th Annual National Regulatory Conference on May 18-19, 2017, in Williamsburg, Virginia. GreeneHurlocker attorney Eric Wallace served on the conference planning committee for the past several months. This year’s agenda featured excellent speakers lined up to discuss important issues affecting utility regulation,...

11 Apr Future of Maryland’s Energy and Distribution System

Posted at 13:43h in commission, distributed power generation, energy lawyer, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog 0 Comments

The Maryland Public Service Commission’s Public Conference 44 proceeding is now well underway. The purpose of this proceeding is for the Commission to seek input on the best ways to transform Maryland’s electric distribution system, advancing customer-centered, affordable, reliable, and environmentally-sustainable electric service. Stakeholder workgroups...

19 Dec MD Public Service Commission issues Final Order in Blue Pilot

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(first published in LinkedIn.com) Maryland retail energy suppliers should be aware of a recent Maryland Public Service Commission decision on consumer protection and regulatory compliance issues in the Blue Pilot case. In 2014, the Polar Vortex caused energy prices and customers’ usage to spike dramatically. These...

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...

26 Jan U.S. Supreme Court: Demand Response is Here to Stay

Posted at 20:43h in distributed power generation, regulation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer 0 Comments

On January 25th, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision for the electricity industry, and particularly for demand response providers, settling considerable unease and speculation as to the future of the demand response industry. The term “demand response” generally refers to programs allowing individual customers...