Virginia SCC has denied Dominion net metering request

Solar Energy Industries Association, a US-based trade association for solar and storage industries, has reported that Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has denied Dominion Energy’s request to reduce net energy metering compensation for rooftop solar customers. The ruling has followed SEIA’s intervention in the case and applies to rooftop solar customers sending excess electricity to the grid under NEM. Regulators have also rejected Dominion Energy’s request to charge NEM applicants application fees through the same case. The SCC has maintained energy netting, allowing customers to save excess energy for up to a year. Kevin Lucas, SEIA’s vice president of policy analysis, has said that net metering supports solar customers, grid reliability, electricity prices, and the clean energy economy. According to SEIA and Wood Mackenzie, Virginia has 7.6 GW of installed solar capacity, and has the 9th-most installed solar capacity, enough to power over 850,000 Virginian homes. More than 64,000 Virginian homes have installed rooftop solar.