Items Tagged with "Dominion Energy"

Dominion Virginia to expand C&I solar options

As utilities continue to rethink their willingness to work with customers on green power options, Dominion Energy Virginia on Sept. 6 announced a new community solar program focused on business and residential customers and plans to expand its renewable energy offerings more broadly over the next ye Read More...

Dominion Energy’s RE proposal rejected

State regulators in Virginia rejected Dominion Energy’s plan to offer 100 percent renewable energy plans to its big customers, saying the electric monopoly’s proposal isn’t fair or reasonable.The Associated Press reported that the State Corporation Commission issued a ruling on May Read More...

Dominon Energy solicits bids for RE projects

A Virginia-based electric utility announced Oct. 25 that it is seeking bids for up to 500 MW of solar and onshore wind generation in the form of either power purchase agreements or the purchase of development projects.Under Virginia's new Grid Transformation and Security Act, which became law on Jul Read More...

Smithfield Foods harnesses hog power

Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Dominion Energy announced a joint venture called Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)℠ that will capture methane emissions from hog farms and convert them into clean renewable energy for residential home heating and power for local businesses and supporting state green Read More...

Costco denied aggregation in Virginia

Virginia regulators on May 30 denied Costco’s request to buy electricity generated by someone besides Dominion Energy, the state's largest electric monopoly. Costco had requested to aggregate its stores' total electric usage to meet the threshold needed under state law in order to buy its Read More...

It’s time for Virginia to power a clean energy future

Salesforce is calling on Virginia’s utilities, regulators, and lawmakers to prioritize clean energy in their policymaking and grid-planning activities. Today, approximately 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic flows through data centers in Virginia. It takes a tremendous Read More...

William & Mary to source 50% of electricity from solar

College of William & Mary announced Jan. 30 that they signed an agreement that will allow them to source nearly 50% of the campus’s electricity needs through solar energy.The Williamsburg, Va.-based university signed a 20-year PPA with Dominion Energy for power from a 20 MW project develop Read More...

Va., N.C., S.C. public schools to receive solar for power, education

Sixteen public institutions in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina will be receiving solar panels through the expansion of Dominion Energy’s Solar for Student Program.The program first began in 2015 with the installation of solar at four public schools and has since expanded to a museu Read More...

Walmart warns against Dominion Energy RE tariff

Walmart expressed concerns this week about a proposed renewable energy tariff by Dominion Energy, after a report came out from the Virginia State Corporation Commission pushing for the project's approval, by warning that the cost of the utility’s plan would be too high what energy would be off Read More...

Smithfield Foods launches RNG project with Utah hog farmers

Smithfield Foods announced Dec. 9 its first renewable natural gas project through a joint venture with Dominion Energy in southwestern Utah.The Align Renewable Natural Gas project is the first large-scale effort in Utah focusing on capturing methane from hog farming operations and converting it into Read More...

Virginia schools across seven counties to receive onsite solar power

Twenty-one schools in Virginia will be powering their operations with solar power through a new partnership announced Dec. 11.BrightSuite Solar, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, and Sun Tribe will be working together on financing and installation for the project. It is expected that over the lifetim Read More...

Six US utilities join together to create interstate EV charging highway

A group of six major utilities announced March 2 a new coalition that will focus on creating a network of electric vehicle charging stations across major highways in the South, Midwest, Gulf, and Central Plains regions.The Electric Highway Coalition is made up of Duke Energy, American Electric Power Read More...

Dominion Energy to Convert 8,600 Vehicles to EVs

Dominion Energy announced Aug. 10 that it plans to convert more than 8,600 vehicles across 16 of its service area states to electric or clean-burning alternative fuels by 2030.The Richmond, Va.-based utility launched its Green Fleet initiative, beginning with this EV target on its path to achieving Read More...

Port of Virginia to Lease Space for Offshore Wind

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Aug. 25 that the Commonwealth of Virginia will be leasing ocean space to Dominion Energy for the development of offshore wind energy.The Port of Virginia will provide a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to the utility for the use of 72 acres of its multi-use mari Read More...

The Nature Conservancy Oversees 50 MW Solar Project on Former Mine

The Nature Conservancy announced Sept. 13 that it will be completing an installation of a 50 MW solar array on a former surface mine in Southwest Virginia.The organization will be working with Dominion Energy Virginia on what will be one of the first utility-scale solar projects on a former surface Read More...