utility rate lawyer

15 Jul

Posted at 19:05h in energy lawyer, Maryland, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

Finding that supplier consolidated billing (SCB) represents the next logical step for Maryland to fully implement customer choice, the Maryland Public Service Commission on May 7, 2019 issued an order authorizing SCB for retail electric and natural gas service in Maryland. In this historic order,...

19 Nov

Posted at 15:58h in regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC” or “Commission”) just approved a new tariff that will give customers of Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) an additional option to purchase renewable energy. On November 6, 2018, the SCC entered a Final Order approving Dominion’s application to offer a...

18 Sep

Posted at 13:32h in Blair Powell, commission, consumer protection, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

But There Is A Powerful Dissent On September 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued an opinion affirming the controversial “rate freeze law.” As we previously discussed here and here, a group of industrial customers of Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”) appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia,...

27 Mar

Posted at 22:02h in commission, regulation, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, Virginia

Results in Benefits for Competitive Suppliers On March 17, 2017, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) entered a final order on a rate increase application filed last year by Columbia Gas of Virginia (“Columbia”). The Commission approved a comprehensive settlement (“Stipulation”) agreed to by Columbia, the...

13 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in legislation, renewable energy, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

The Regular Session of the 2017 Virginia General Assembly wrapped up on Saturday, February 25. While the approval of an amendment to Virginia’s biennial budget received the most attention, the session also resulted in some notable bills affecting the energy industry. In particular, the General...

07 Nov

Posted at 17:56h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, public service commission, retail energy competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

The Delaware Commission on November 1, 2016, approved for publication and comment new consumer protection rules that largely resemble the rules that were published in October and which we blogged about here.  We expect the newly-approved rules to appear in the December 1, 2016 Delaware...

10 Apr

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

[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...

12 Jan

Posted at 20:10h in General Assembly, legislation, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

A group of industrial customers of Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) has recently taken steps to challenge the constitutionality of Virginia’s Electric Utility Regulation Act (“Regulation Act”) at the Supreme Court of Virginia. At issue is a 2015 amendment to the Regulation Act, Senate Bill 1349,...