utility regulation lawyer

18 May

Posted at 07:30h in Department of Environmental Quality, regulation, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

McAuliffe's Directive Requires State Regulation of Carbon Emissions from Power Plants On May 16, 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive action directing the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) to draft a regulation restricting the emission of carbon dioxide from electric generating facilities. Executive...

08 May

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

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,...

25 Apr

Posted at 21:01h in clean energy, distributed power generation, public service commission, regulation, renewable energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

[caption id="attachment_882" align="alignright" width="300"] Detail of windmills on wind-farm wind farm with mountains and clouds[/caption] Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”), which provides electric service in western Virginia and southern West Virginia, has received regulatory approval in Virginia and West Virginia to add approximately 120 MW of wind...

27 Mar

Posted at 21:54h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

The March Energy Update features Brian Greene explaining efforts in Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia to improve consumer protection rules that apply to selling commodities direct to consumers in the energy and natural gas markets. https://youtu.be/QeXsyNLv7Ik...

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...

14 Dec

Posted at 20:08h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) Last week, we introduced Part 1 of our two-part discussion about the importance of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers complying with state laws. We focused on requirements in the contract, the contract summary, certain required disclosures, and so forth. This week,...

06 Dec

Posted at 14:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) If you’re a retail electricity or natural gas supplier and you think no one will ever file a complaint against you, or that no state commission will ever ring you up with a show cause order – just stop it now. While...

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...

28 Sep

Posted at 21:38h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, North Carolina, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

We're excited about the upcoming NC Sustainable Energy Association’s 8th annual Making Energy Work conference on October 3 - 4. I'll again be joining clean energy stakeholders from around the country in Raleigh at the Marriott Crabtree Valley to explore the economic opportunities, market trends, and social factors that are...