Dominion petitioned the SCC last year to decrease the rate of return for energy produced by solar customers in excess of what they use. After reviewing the case, the SCC issued a decision earlier this month, concluding that the net metering structure should remain unchanged.
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Meaningful clean energy legislation passed in 2026
We are pleased to share the great news that 12 solution-oriented energy bills PEC either authored, informed, or advocated for in the General Assembly were signed into law (pending two minor amendments) by Gov. Spanberger!
Solarize Virginia Webinar Series
Join Solarize Virginia for a free informative and practical webinar designed to help homeowners and businesses understand the solar landscape in 2026.
Solarize Virginia Webinar Series
Join Solarize Virginia for a free informative and practical webinar designed to help homeowners and businesses understand the solar landscape in 2026.
Solarize Virginia Webinar Series
Join Solarize Virginia for a free informative and practical webinar designed to help homeowners and businesses understand the solar landscape in 2026.
General Assembly Update — Spring 2026
Every day, Piedmont Environmental Council staff engage at the local, state and federal levels to shape public policy with an eye toward protecting and restoring the lands and waters of the Virginia Piedmont while building strong, more sustainable communities. The Virginia General Assembly serves as the main stage for these efforts.
On the Ground Updates – April 2026
A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock.
The Piedmont Environmental Council Awarded $11,000 Grant to Bring Agrivoltaics to Low-income Urban Communities
PEC has received an $11,000 grant from the Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute to help launch an initiative to develop agrivoltaics projects for urban and low-income communities. Agrivoltaics combines food production with on-site clean energy generation on the same plot of land.
The friendliest type of energy generation: a conversation on agrivoltaics
PEC’s Senior Energy & Climate Advisor Ashish Kapoor and Community Farm Manager Teddy Pitsiokos sat down to tell us more about PEC’s groundbreaking agrivoltaics project, which has the potential to revolutionize the conversation around solar and agriculture.
Net Metering Fight, Value of Solar Report and PEC’s Agrivoltaics Project
Read on to learn more about our recently completed, first-of-its-kind in Virginia, agrivoltaics project at PEC’s Community Farm; the results of a PEC-commissioned study on the true value of smaller-scale solar; our efforts to ensure rooftop solar owners and other behind-the-meter solar users are able to maintain electricity bill savings in the face of a challenge by Dominion; and our upcoming efforts, both during the General Assembly and year-round, to increase distributed generation energy (i.e. solar on rooftops, parking lots, small-scale agrivoltaics, etc.) in Virginia.