Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin shook clean energy advocates with his controversial nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Virginia’s secretary of natural resources.

The key climate policy stories that bear watching in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2022 make up a short but high-impact list that includes offshore wind, how quickly the region’s investor-owned utilities will decarbonize and Glenn Youngkin. The clean energy landscape in the Mid-Atlantic region got a major shake-up in November when Republican Youngkin edged out …

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Dominion Energy’s proposal to develop new solar and energy storage resources faced harsh criticism in hearings before the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

The widespread adoption of green hydrogen will depend on construction of “ecosystems” that span sectors and geographic boundaries, industry supporters say.

Dominion Energy's plan to charge shared-solar subscribers a "minimal bill" of at least $75/month could kill the program, Virginia regulators were told.

Renewable developers don't expect much from the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, saying it falls short of the transparency and competition in RTOs.

Virginia’s landmark Clean Economy Act is unlikely to face major changes soon despite Republicans’ electoral victories, speakers told an Infocast conference.

Virginia utilities are not conducting outreach to offer low-income customers help obtaining solar energy the state's Clean Energy Advisory Board was told.

FERC accepted revisions to four SEEM utilities' tariffs implementing the special transmission service used to deliver the market’s energy transactions.

Dominion Energy said the cost of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has increased by more than 20% to $9.8 billion.