By Robert Zullo Don’t call it Dominion’s bill. Sen. Dick Saslaw of Fairfax, the senior Democrat on the Commerce and Labor Committee, took issue Monday with the idea that his yet-to-be introduced legislation on overhauling a regulatory regime that has…
By Saraya Wintersmith The Senate committee that deals with elections and conflicts of interest has voted down a measure that would’ve blocked campaign donations from public service corporations. The bill, SB 10, was a second attempt by Fairfax Senator Chap…
By Patrick Wilson Dominion Energy is the top corporate donor in Virginia politics, and lawmakers aren’t going to turn away the company’s campaign money anytime soon. Just two of 14 lawmakers — Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, and Sen. Creigh Deeds,…
By Ned Oliver Why you know him: State Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax City, began the year as one of the few voices in the General Assembly to publicly challenge Dominion Energy’s powerful influence on the state legislature. He submitted legislation…
RICHMOND, Va. – On Tuesday, November 21st, Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City) introduced his 2018 consumer protection legislation to restore electric bill refunds. In 2015, the General Assembly passed, and the Governor signed SB 1349, which banned rate review of…
By Shannon Baker-Branstetter If you’re a Dominion Energy customer, odds are you’ve been overpaying for electricity and should be given a refund. But you’re unlikely to get that refund any time soon, thanks to a 2015 law that prevents it. …
Thanks to legislation passed in 2015, Virginia’s two largest investor-owned electric utilities will pocket more than $1 billion in overcharges over the next seven years, according to the State Corporation Commission. That extra $1 billion will come directly from the…
By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday upholding a state law that has blocked millions of dollars in refunds to electric customers. The court ruled 6-1 that the General Assembly is within…
By MICHAEL MARTZ AND ROBERT ZULLO The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a hotly disputed state law that suspends regulatory reviews of electric utility rates and, according to reports prepared by state regulators, will allow the state’s large utilities…
By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. A new report says customers of Virginia’s two largest electric monopolies would be paying lower bills if not for a 2015 law that temporarily blocks state regulators from reviewing and adjusting rates. The State Corporation…
Friends, Virginians, Citizens of Fairfax As a young man, I spent many formative years in Charlottesville, a charming and historic college town. There I first got involved I politics, working on Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaign in 1992. Like most college…