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Stakeholder group urges environmental-justice tracking and faster interconnection for distributed energy resources
Summary
The Solar & Environmental Law Center told the Virginia PBR stakeholder group that the Commonwealth should expand environmental‑justice analysis, track service disconnections, target energy‑burden programs in fence‑line communities and speed distributed energy resource interconnections with clearer penalties and valuation for grid services.
At the December 12, 2024 Performance Based Regulation stakeholder meeting, the Solar & Environmental Law Center urged regulators to integrate environmental‑justice goals into utility planning and to use PBR‑informed changes to expand distributed energy resource deployment in disadvantaged communities.
"The Environmental Justice Act … creates an affirmative duty on agencies of the Commonwealth to ensure that it's carried out," said Josepha Solomon, speaking for the Solar & Environmental Law Center. She summarized the group's view that environmental‑justice reviews currently occur on a project‑by‑project basis and recommended broader tracking, planning and community engagement.
Why it matters: Solomon said…
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