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By Rich Heidorn Jr. A PJM task force considering the implementation of carbon pricing continued its education sessions Tuesday with an analysis on the impact of Virginia and Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). At its sixth meeting since its formation last summer, the Carbon Pricing Senior Task...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — A top PJM official on Wednesday suggested states embrace carbon pricing rather than exit the RTO’s capacity market in response to FERC’s controversial order expanding the minimum offer price rule (MOPR). "We’ve had a proposal on our website for two years now [on] how...
By Shawn McFarland Dominion Energy might have finally met a "bill" it does not like. Virginia delegates on Tuesday announced a bipartisan bill that would end the electric market monopoly in the state, allowing consumers to choose their electric provider and requiring distribution utilities to divest their generation. The legislation...
Dominion Energy called off its solicitation for a 1,500-MW peaking plant Wednesday, just days after LS Power asked Virginia officials to intervene in the process. The request for proposals, issued last month, was meant to help close a projected 4,044-MW capacity gap identified in the company’s integrated resource plan. But...
By Christen Smith LS Power is urging Virginia officials to intervene in Dominion Energy’s solicitation for a new 1,500-MW peaking plant, saying in a letter Thursday that the process stifles competition and profits shareholders at the expense of customers. "Dominion’s ratepayers should get the benefit of a competitive auction and...
By Christen Smith Dominion Energy proposed the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. last week on the heels of Virginia’s policy turn toward clean energy, but environmental groups see the announcement as a hollow gesture given the ongoing development of the company’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline. "It’s really a stretch...
By Christen Smith A three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel said last week the Surry-Skiffes Creek transmission line in Virginia can remain operational — for now — while the legal battle over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit for the $400 million project ensues in a lower court,...
By Christen Smith In a ruling that highlights growing rifts in Virginia’s electricity sector, the State Corporation Commission rejected Costco’s bid to buy power from utilities across state lines, saying that keeping the retail giant a customer of Dominion Energy best serves the public interest. The SCC ruling handed down...
By Christen Smith A newly minted energy policy group in Virginia has set its sights on busting up the commonwealth’s dominant utility companies — Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power — in favor of a deregulated electricity market. The Virginia Energy Reform Coalition (VERC) features policy experts from across the ideological...
By Rich Heidorn Jr. Dominion Energy announced Monday it will build the second offshore wind project in the U.S.: two 6-MW turbines about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which would be the first offshore project connecting to PJM, follows the 30-MW,...
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