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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Proposed New EC Programs for VA

In addition to our current four programs available in Virginia (Smart Cooling Rewards, Home Energy Improvement, HVAC Rewards (Commercial) and Lighting Rewards (Commercial)), Dominion filed for six additional programs in September 2011 with the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

From the date of the filing, the SCC has eight months to determine if we can offer these new programs to our customers.

As part of this process, there is a hearing for Dominion and interested parties/stakeholders to support or object the passing of these programs.

The hearing began March 6 and will likely continue through March 8.  You can listen to the hearing at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case/hrg_live.aspx.

Here's a description of the proposed programs.

You can also check out our current programs at: www.dom.com, search “energy conservation”.

2 comments:

Matthew Cooper said...

Why is there not a New Homes Energy Efficient Construction Rebate available? These programs help builders afford to build more efficient homes, contractors to hire more employees and home buyers to more easily afford to own their homes.

Dominion said...

As a regulated utility, Dominion must file and receive approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for any energy conservation program we wish to offer customers. The SCC is in place to protect consumers and determine what is cost effective, and in the customer’s best interest. Dominion filed for approval of the program you are requesting on July 28, 2009 but the SCC denied approval after deciding it was not cost effective.