Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. State Corporation Commission

Docket Number201172
Decision Date15 July 2021
The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the State Corporation Commission finding that a pumped storage hydroelectric facility (or pumped storage) generates "renewable energy" under the former definition in Va. Code 56-576 and that the amended definition would not apply to contracts executed before the amendment's effective date, holding that there was no error The Commission concluded that pumped storage satisfied the statutory definition of renewable energy in effect at the time that the...

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32 cases
  • Montgomery v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • July 26, 2022
    ...of recovery, contracts, real property interests, and the nature of what is criminal. See, e.g. , Va. Elec. & Power Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n , 300 Va. 153, 165-66, 861 S.E.2d 47 (2021) (holding that the amended statutory definition of renewable energy did not retroactively apply to contract......
  • Bista v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • December 6, 2022
    ...that ‘[t]he act of choosing carefully some words necessarily implies others are omitted with equal care.’ " VEPCO v. State Corp. Comm'n , 300 Va. 153, 163, 861 S.E.2d 47 (2021) (alteration in original) (quoting Wal-Mart Stores East, LP v. State Corp. Comm'n , 299 Va. 57, 70, 844 S.E.2d 676 ......
  • Michel v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • April 15, 2025
    ... ... state necessary to be convicted of the crimes in ... possible." Va. Elec. & Power Co. v. State Corp ... Comm'n , 300 Va. 153, ... ...
  • Stewart v. Nottoway Cnty.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Virginia
    • July 28, 2023
    ...and the Court must interpret the statute at the time the alleged unlawful conduct occurred. See Virginia Elec. and Power Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 300 Va. 153, 861 S.E.2d 47, 54 (2021) ("Rights accrued under the former law before the passage of an amended statute will not be affected by th......
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