Williams Mullen

Williams Mullen Materials

• Solar Energy Team Brochure
• Solar & Energy Storage - Virginia by the Numbers
• Summary of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) and Other Renewable Energy Bills (April 6, 2020)

Webinars

• Overview of Siting Agreements and Land Use Considerations for Solar and Energy Storage Projects in Virginia - June 2, 2022
• Energy Storage Permitting and Permit By Rule (PBR) Regulations in Virginia - May 19, 2022
• Virginia Solar & Energy Storage Tax and Revenue Share Overview - May 5, 2022
• Environmental Considerations When Acquiring or Permitting Utility-Scale Solar Projects in Virginia - April 14, 2022
• Virginia Solar & Energy Storage 2022 Legislative Update - March 31, 2022
• Overview of Virginia's Energy Storage Regulations - April 28, 2021
• Virginia Solar & Energy Storage 2021 Legislative Update - March 31, 2021
• Virginia Clean Economy Act - Blockbuster General Assembly Session - April 1, 2020
• Real Estate Trends and Issues in Solar Leasing and Property Purchase - January 29, 2020
• Key Trends and Issues when Buying & Selling Solar Projects - October 30, 2019
• Land Use and Permitting Utility Scale Solar Projects in Virginia - April 30, 2019
• Virginia Solar 2019 Legislative Update - March 28, 2019 
• Permit by Rule Process (PBR) Process for Solar and Wind Projects in Virginia - August 1, 2018

Solar Energy Links

State Materials

• Virginia

  • Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA)
    • State Corporation Commission VCEA and other Regulatory Proceedings:
      • Utility distributed energy resource interconnection-related issues and questions – Case No. PUR-2022-00073
      • Energy Storage – Case No. PUR-2020-00120
      • Multi-Family Shared Solar Program – Case No. PUR-2020-00124
      • Shared Solar Program – Case No. PUR-2020-00125
      • Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) 2021 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Filing Docket – Case No. PUR-2021-00146
      • Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) 2020 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Filing Docket – Case No. PUR-2020-00134
      • Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) Approval of Plan for Electric Distribution Grid Transformation Projects pursuant to Va. Code § 56-585.1 A 6 – Case No. PUR-2021-00127
      • Appalachian Power Company 2021 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Filing Docket – Case No. PUR-2021-00206
      • Appalachian Power Company 2020 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Filing Docket – Case No. PUR-2020-00135
      • Allocating RPS costs to certain customers of Virginia Electric and Power Company -- Case No. PUR-2020-00164
      • Amending Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering – Case No. PUR-2020-00195
  • Virginia Shared Solar Program
    • Rules Governing Shared Solar Program
    • Rules Governing Multi-Family Shared Solar Program
    • SCC’s Shared Solar Programs Webpage
    • Dominion’s Shared Solar Program Webpage
  • Virginia State Corporation Commission
    • Virginia Electric Service Territories Map
    • Regulations Governing the Deployment of Energy Storage
    • Shared Solar Programs
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • Virginia Department of Energy
  • VA Administrative Code: Chapter 60 – Small Renewable Energy Projects (Solar) Permit by Rule
  • Solar PBR Guidance:
    • Cover Memo
    • Section I: General
    • Section II: Methodology
    • Section III: Coastal Avian Protection Zone
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality – Renewable Energy (PBR Forms, Application & Modification Fees, Application Submittal, etc.)
  • Virginia DEQ Post-Development Stormwater Management at Solar Projects Memorandum dated March 29, 2022
  • 2018 Virginia Energy Plan
  • Virginia Renewable Energy Pilot Program - Third Party PPA
  • Virginia Senate Bill No. 966 (S.B. 966) (Grid Transformation and Security Act)
  • Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) 2020 Integrated Resources Plan (IRP)
  • Appalachian Power Company 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)
  • DSIRE Incentives Database – Virginia
  • University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service - Virginia Solar Energy Revenue Share Inventory

• North Carolina 

  • North Carolina Utilities Commission
  • North Carolina Energy Division
  • N.C. House Bill 589 (H.B. 589) (Competitive Energy Solutions for NC)
  • Relevant North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) Dockets for H.B. 589 (Part II) Implementation:
    • E-100, Sub 150 – Rulemaking to Implement N.C. Gen Stat. § 62-110.8 (“Rule R8-71”)
    • E-100, Sub 151 - Selection of Independent Administrator of CPRE Program
    • E-7, Sub 1156 – CPRE Program Implementation
    • E-2, Sub 1159 - CPRE Program Implementation
  • Duke Energy Interconnection Queue 
  • DSIRE Incentives Database – North Carolina
  • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA)

• South Carolina 

  • South Carolina Public Service Commission
  • South Carolina State Energy Office
  • SCE&G Interconnection Queue
  • Duke Energy Interconnection Queue

• Georgia

  • Georgia Public Service Commission
  • Southern Companies’ Transmission System Active Generator Interconnection Requests
  • DSIRE Incentives Database – Georgia
  • Georgia Solar Energy Association
     
• Maryland-DC-Delaware-Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA)

Federal and Other Materials

• U.S. Department of Energy – Clean Energy
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• PJM Interconnection L.L.C.
  • PJM Interconnection New Service Requests
  • PJM Interconnection New Services Queue
• Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)