The challenge by P3 and EPSA is the first major test of a 2013 Virginia law requiring utilities to demonstrate that they have considered competitive bids.

A round-up of news from the PJM Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee on Sept. 10, 2015.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a bill last week that suspends the SCC’s reviews of Dominion Virginia Power’s base rates for the next seven years.

The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would temporarily suspend the State Corporation Commission’s review of Dominion Virginia Power’s rates.

A Virginia Senate subcommittee has passed a bill that would freeze Dominion Virginia Power customers’ base rates and bar state regulators from reviewing the utility’s revenue until after 2020.

The EPA’s proposed regulations on carbon emissions would increase electric bills and harm reliability, Virginia SCC staff members said.

Virginia State Corporation Commission staff wants Dominion Virginia Power to conduct a risk analysis comparing reliance on natural gas-fired generation and constructing a third unit at its North Anna nuclear plant.

Dominion Virginia Power won the rights to develop 2,000 MW of offshore wind in federal waters. But due to high costs and state policies, the utility is making no promises.

VA regulators last week approved Dominion Virginia Power’s request to build a 1,358 MW natural gas-fired generator near Lawrenceville in Brunswick County.

Virginia Electric and Power Co. will initiate its biennial rate review by the Virginia State Corporation Commission in late March and file a revised transmis...