After more than a year of lockdowns and cancellations stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, a major energy conference will have in-person attendance early this summer. The Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC) announced last week that its 26th annual Education Conference will take place from June 27 to 30...

FERC last week found that the tax relief granted to a solar farm being constructed in Virginia does not fall under PJM’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) or qualify as a state subsidy (EL21-35). Hollow Road Solar, a 20-MW qualifying facility being developed in Frederick County, filed a petition with...

Virginia sold $43.6 million in carbon dioxide allowances in its first Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction since joining the cap-and-invest program in January. "Virginia’s participation in RGGI signals our commitment to addressing climate change while creating economic and health benefits for communities across the commonwealth," David Paylor, director of...

As an increasing number of states commit to 100% clean energy standards, policymakers and regulators across the country are being faced with working out the details of how to reach those goals in the next 10, 20 or 30 years. "Big targets are not enough," said Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan...

Virginia regulators have graded Dominion Energy’s proposed integrated resource plan as incomplete, saying the company must provide more information on how it will comply with the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) approved by lawmakers last year. Dominion Energy Virginia filed the 2020 IRP on May 1, little more than two weeks...

If 2019 was a turbulent year for PJM as it dealt with fallout from the GreenHat Energy default and the emergence of the minimum offer price rule (MOPR) issue, 2020 proved an even bigger challenge with a worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 was the defining problem of the year as PJM worked with...

The governors of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia said Thursday they will collaborate to promote their states as a hub for the offshore wind industry. The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Resources (SMART-POWER) will seek to increase regulatory certainty, encourage manufacturing of components, reduce project...

Dominion Energy announced Friday it is moving forward with its leadership succession plan, promoting Executive Vice President and Co-COO Robert Blue to president and CEO by Oct. 1. The news came during Friday’s second quarter earnings call, with current Chairman, President and CEO Thomas Farrell continuing to lead the Board...

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee pledged Thursday to serve his full term, saying his Facebook post suggesting he was considering a run for governor of Virginia was intended as a joke. Chatterjee, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has long been rumored to have political ambitions,...

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee, who has long been rumored to have political ambitions, floated a trial balloon last week on a potential run in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race. Chatterjee created a Facebook group titled, "Hypothetical: Draft Neil Chatterjee for Virginia Governor 2021" on May 16. The page — which...