distributed power generation

09 Jan

Posted at 19:05h in distributed power generation, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, legislation, regulation, renewable energy, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

As the 2017 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly heats up, we are keeping a close eye on legislation that could support the development of additional solar energy in the Commonwealth. As  noted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, there is significant regulatory uncertainty in Virginia...

09 Nov

Posted at 01:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In September, 2016, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Public Conference (Notice), initiating a “targeted” review of Maryland’s electric distribution systems to ensure that they are customer-centered, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable. The proceeding builds on recent technical conferences involving barriers to...

08 Sep

Posted at 12:33h in Brian Greene, commission, Delaware, distributed power generation, energy lawyer, public service commission, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Retail Electric Competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, Uncategorized

We're grateful for the coverage EnergyChoiceMatters.com put out yesterday about the staff-suggested changes to proposed Delaware rules that the Retail Energy Suppliers Association and the Division of Public Advocate (DPA) worked out earlier this year. We think are these changes in the proposed rules are market...

13 May

Posted at 18:03h in Brian Greene, distributed power generation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

Brian Greene co-managing member of the firm, spoke on the “response panel” at the Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative Working Group Meeting. Brian’s panel responded to presentations made by an earlier panel involving rate design issues and retail price integration. Entitled "Retail Rate Design for Default...

03 May

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

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

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

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...

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...

11 Nov

Posted at 20:32h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, public service commission, regulation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In October and November, 2015, the Delaware Commission (Commission) and the Division of Public Advocate (DPA) held two workshops for stakeholders to discuss ways to enhance the visibility of and improve participation in customer choice for electricity products and services.  The group also examined what,...

20 Jun

Posted at 14:37h in Brian Greene, commission, distributed power generation, Firm News, public service commission, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, regulation, State Corporation Commission, utility rate lawyer, Virginia

Eric Wallace, Blair Wortham, Ruth Nathanson and I will represent our firm at the MACRUC (Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) 20th Annual Education Conference being held June 21-24 in Williamsburg, VA. In addition to repeating as one of the conference sponsors, we're hosting a...