Below are links to recent articles in the news media about the Virginia Distributed Solar Alliance. Reporters on deadline seeking interviews or information from the VA-DSA can contact Erik Curren at (540) 466-6128.
Solar developers take another swing at Dominion’s rules for mid-size projects, Virginia Mercury, September 5, 2024.
ACPS faces unexpected $1.4 million solar connection cost, Alexandria Times, August 16, 2024.
Fairfax County School Board jumps regulatory hurdles to OK solar panels for nine schools, FFX NOW: Fairfax County Local News, July 17, 2024.
What the Monopoly Utility Model Really Costs Us, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, May 30, 2024.
How Dominion Energy Killed A Rooftop Solar Plan In Fairfax County, Virginia, CleanTechnica, May 31, 2024.
Advocates see missed opportunities as Virginia lags its neighbors in clean energy manufacturing, Energy News Network, May 28, 2024.
Va. went all in on solar. Then its powerful utility changed the rules, Washington Post, May 27, 2024.
Virginia legislation aims to unleash competition to speed progress on clean electricity, Energy News Network, January 19, 2024.
Is Xcel Energy holding back substation capacity from solar developers? It’s complicated, Energy News Network, Dec. 8, 2023. (Note: see “Other states are dealing with the issue…” about halfway through the piece)
Solar for schools and nonprofits is under siege. Fortunately, there’s a simple fix. Virginia Mercury, Dec. 5, 2023.
Solar developers continue to fight Dominion’s solar interconnection rules, Virginia Mercury, Nov. 21, 2023.
Virginia SCC strikes down Dominion’s interconnection rules for distributed solar, Utility Dive, Sept. 19, 2023.
Virginia solar alliance hopeful after regulators suspend new interconnection rules, Energy News Network, Sept. 8, 2023.
Midsize solar developers in limbo after Dominion requirement spiked by SCC, Virginia Public Media, Sept. 6, 2023.
Utility Regulators Suspend Dominion’s Rules for Connecting Solar Projects to Grid, Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Sept. 2, 2023.
Virginia utility regulators suspend Dominion’s rules for connecting solar projects to grid, WHRO Public Media, Sept. 1, 2023.
Utility regulators suspend Dominion’s rules for connecting solar projects to grid, Virginia Mercury, Sept. 1, 2023.
SCC Rules in Favor of Solar Stakeholders Across the State, Yahoo Finance, August 31, 2023.
SCC Rules in Favor of Solar Stakeholders Across the State, KTSM TV, August 31, 2023.
Virginia Regulators Order Dominion Energy to Suspend Costly Solar Equipment Requirements, Energy Portal, August 31, 2023.
Regulators order Dominion to suspend costly solar interconnect requirements, Energy Central, August 31, 2023.
SCC Suspends Dominion’s Costly Solar Requirements, Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 30, 2023.
Utility regulator recommends suspension of Dominion’s rules for connecting new solar to grid, Virginia Mercury, August 16, 2023.
Dominion Energy, Solar Devs Duel Over Va. Electrical Grid, Law360, June 30, 2023.
Dominion Energy, Virginia solar developers clash over small-scale project rules, Utility Dive, June 29, 2023.
Solar group petitions to suspend Dominion Energy interconnection rules, pv magazine, June 27, 2023.
Solar developers ask regulators to suspend Dominion interconnection rules, Virginia Mercury, June 26, 2023.