Dominion

The utility will only consider proposals for facilities located within PJM territory, but not including facilities located in the state of Virginia.

Dominion gets approval for battery pilots, Appalachian Power seeks bids for renewable projects

Virginia’s two largest utilities are taking steps toward renewable energy targets

Dominion Energy Virginia approved for 764 MW of new solar

The projects include include four solar projects totaling 329 MW that will be owned or acquired by Dominion Energy Virginia, in addition to 13 power-purchase agreements (PPAs) totaling 435 MW with independently owned solar projects.

Dominion to execute 75-MW PPA with Savion

Dominion Energy Virginia has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Savion, LLC to receive 75 MW of renewable solar power from Wythe County Solar Project LLC, located in Wythe County, Vir. The PPA is subject to approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission as part of a recent Dominion Energy filing. The project is expected to begin construction in mid-2021, with

Emissions

Dominion Energy has closed on the sale of most of its natural gas transmission and storage assets, a long-range $9.7 billion move that allows it to focus on its state-regulated utility businesses and transition to carbon-free resources. Virginia-based Dominion sold the gas transmission and storage business to Berkshire Hathaway Energy for ab out $8 billion. The deal includes $2.7 billion

Backed by EPRI, major utilities launch initiative to accelerate economy-wide deep decarbonization

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) announced this week that they are embarking on a five-year initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. With the increase of decarbonization goals from private companies and governments, existing technology is not enough to achieve these targets. The Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) is an international

News

Dominion Energy CEO Thomas Farrell is stepping down from daily operations after 14 years leading one of the nation’s biggest utility providers. Farrell is mov…

Emissions

A Virginia-based electric cooperative and global renewables company are partnering again on more than a dozen distributed solar projects across three states in …

NRC approves extending Peach Bottom nuclear units to 80 years

Two Pennsylvania nuclear power plants could live long enough to become octogenarians. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Friday that it has approv…

News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two former top executives with South Carolina utilities of defrauding investors about the V.C. Summer Nu…

Santee Cooper execs make quiet hearing appearance on abandoned SC nuclear plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Two current executives of South Carolina’s state owned utility who remain part of a criminal investigation into the failure to fin…

Dominion Energy joins U.S. utilities striving for net-zero emissions by 2050

Dominion Energy announced an expansion of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals Tuesday, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero …

New Projects – Renewables

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) said that Dominion Energy named it the preferred supplier for what could be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. …

Gas

Liquefied natural gas trading firm Gunvor has signed a deal securing LNG off-take and gas supply with an export terminal project on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Th…

Gas

At present when it comes to emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) plays the eyes of the world are on Africa’s eastern coast and the activities around Mozambiqu…