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INSIDE Confederacy plaques removed- 2 Black success disqualifier notes - 4 New COVID restrictions for Va.- 5
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Va. lawmakers focus on racial equity as they debate marijuana legalization NED OLIVER
VM - Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said it wasn’t just a pungent odor that struck him during a recent visit to the city’s newly opened medical marijuana dispensary. “I saw all that marijuana and I was looking over my shoulder waiting on the feds to run in and get us all because there was so much cannabis in there,” said Scott, a lawyer, who contrasted the scene to a court hearing three days later where he witnessed “a young brother get sentenced to five years for possession with intent to distribute marijuana” — a disparate approach to the drug he called absurd and hypocritical. As lawmakers prepare to take up proposals to legalize recreational marijuana, questions about how to address past racial inequities and prevent new ones from cropping up in a legalized marketplace have figured prominently in early discussions. Democrats who back legalization — including Gov. Ralph Northam, who endorsed the concept last month — have framed it as a matter of racial justice, noting the state’s own statistics show Black residents have been 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for simple possession than White residents despite the two groups using the drug at the same rates. Broadly, the discussions have touched on three main areas: How
the state should address past criminal convictions, what steps the state should take to make sure Black entrepreneurs have a chance to make money in the legal marketplace and how the state should spend the estimated $300 million in annual new tax revenue that market is expected to generate. On past criminal charges, there’s already a push among lawmakers and advocates to automatically expunge past criminal convictions for simple possession — an effort they say is important to reduce barriers the records can pose to employment, housing and educational opportunities. The state took a step in that direction when it decriminalized small amounts of marijuana earlier this year, sealing past records in the criminal background check system maintained by the Virginia State Police and prohibiting
most employers, landlords and schools from inquiring about past convictions. Automatically expunging past records would go further, making court records documenting past convictions inaccessible without a court order. Lawmakers have long been at odds on proposals to expand the state’s expungement laws and a much broader automatic expungement proposal died in the Senate during a special legislative session earlier this year. But state legislative analysts said a onetime expungement proposal would be much simpler to execute than a rolling program and prominent Democratic lawmakers in both chambers have said they consider automatic expungement of past possession charges a baseline for any legalization legislation. Merely allowing people with past convictions to petition for
expungements, an approach taken in several states that have already legalized marijuana, would have a much more limited impact, they argue. “If marijuana possession is now legal, then why should your ability to clean the slate be dependent on your ability to hire a lawyer and pay a fee?” said Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, who carried legislation earlier this year that set studies in motion that are guiding the current debate. It remains to be seen whether or how lawmakers address past marijuana convictions for more serious charges, such as distribution, which will remain illegal outside of licensed dispensaries, although potentially with reduced consequences. McClellan said she thought those crimes were more likely to be addressed as a part of the broader ongoing debate surrounding expungement laws. Scott, meanwhile, called the issue urgent. “We need to address possession with intent and people serving time for those crimes — they need to come home right now. And that can happen,” he said, speaking with House Majority Leader Charniele Herring last week during a forum on the issue organized by the Charlottesville-based Tom Tom Foundation and Virginia NORML, the state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform Marijuana Laws. Concluded at legacynewspaper.com
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University begins removing plaques and building names with ties to the Confederacy Virginia Commonwealth University last week began the process of removing selected plaques, lettered signs and other items as it de-commemorates buildings and monuments on campus that honor historical figures with ties to the Confederacy. The university’s Facilities Management workers started removing items based on resolutions passed by the VCU Board of Visitors in September. The resolutions include the de-commemoration of McGuire Hall, Baruch Auditorium, Ginter House, the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chapel, the TompkinsMcCaw Library and the Wood Memorial Building — all spaces with namesakes who were members of the Confederacy. The resolutions also called for continued work with the city of Richmond to remove the Fitzhugh Lee monument, the Joseph Bryan statue and the W.C. Wickham monument in Monroe Park and the Howitzer statue near Park and Harrison streets. Each
on disposition of the items. Updates on the status of commemorations and removals will be shared by the Division for Inclusive Excellence at https:// inclusive.vcu.edu/public-comment/. In August 2017, VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., charged a work group to conduct an extensive audit of symbols of the Confederacy, racism, slavery, white supremacy and other items of an exclusionary nature on VCU’s campuses following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The group’s efforts led to the formation of the Committee on Commemorations and Memorials to make recommendations to approve memorials, commemorations of the honorees had ties to the Confederacy. (The Monroe Park monuments and the Howitzer statue were removed this summer.) Among the items removed last week were plaques honoring Hunter Holmes McGuire, M.D., Alexander Stephens and Simon Baruch, M.D.
(all former Confederates); a bust of McGuire; plaques and signs at the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chapel in the West Hospital; and signs on doors at McGuire Hall. VCU is documenting the removal process. In some cases, artifacts will be returned to the original donors or transported to historical organizations. VCU received the relevant approvals from Virginia’s Art and Architectural Review Board
and de-commemorations to the president. On July 7, the committee voted on 18 recommendations and solicited public feedback. The committee received more than 3,000 comments on its recommendations. The recommendations and comments were shared with Rao and then sent to the Board of Visitors for final approval.
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Legal Notice
Dec. 16, 2020 • 3
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A FILING ALLOCATING RPS COSTS TO CERTAIN CUSTOMERS BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D/B/A DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2020-00164
•Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) file a proposed tariff, designated Rider NBC, by which an allocation of its costs of compliance with Code §§ 56-585.5 and 56-585.1:11, net of benefits, would be recovered from retail customers within its service territory that elect to receive electric supply from a supplier of electric energy other than Dominion. •As proposed, Rider NBC applies to any customer who is eligible for and elects to purchase electricity supply service from a competitive service provider in accordance with Code § 56-577 A, or who is eligible for and elects to purchase electricity supply service under any approved, applicable tariff rate schedule for market based rates. •Dominion’s projected compliance costs, offset by the projected benefits, results in a total revenue requirement credit for Rider NBC of $20,031 for the rate year beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021. •Due to the ongoing public health emergency related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, the State Corporation Commission will hold a telephonic hearing in this case on March 26, 2021, for the receipt of public witness testimony. •An evidentiary hearing will be held remotely on March 29, 2021, via Microsoft Teams, for the receipt of evidence of Dominion, respondents and Commission Staff. •Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. During its 2020 Session, the Virginia General Assembly enacted Chapters 1193 (HB 1526) and 1194 (SB 851) of the 2020 Virginia Acts of Assembly. These duplicate Acts of Assembly, known as the Virginia Clean Economy Act (“VCEA”), became effective on July 1, 2020. The VCEA, inter alia, establishes mandatory renewable energy portfolio standards (“RPS”) for Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion” or “Company”) in new § 56-585.5 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”). Code § 56-585.5 F provides that the costs of compliance with Code §§ 56-585.5 and 56-585.1:11 “shall be recovered from all retail customers in the service territory of [Dominion] as a non bypassable charge, irrespective of the generation supplier of such customer….” The statute establishes several exemptions from this non-bypassable charge, including exemptions for accelerated renewable energy buyers, Percentage of Income Payment Program eligible utility customers, advanced clean energy buyers, and qualifying large general service customers, all as described in the legislation. Code § 56-585.5 F directs the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) to establish a proceeding for Dominion by September 1, 2020, to determine the amount of the costs of compliance with Code §§ 56-585.5 and 56-585.1:11, net of benefits, to be allocated to retail customers within the Dominion’s service territory receiving electric supply service from non-utility suppliers. The statute requires that tariff provisions recovering these costs from such customers be implemented not later than January 1, 2021, and that such tariffs be updated and trued up on an annual basis. The Commission issued an Order Establishing Proceeding in this case on August 31, 2020 (“August 31, 2020 Order”). In its August 31, 2020 Order, the Commission docketed the matter and directed Dominion to file a proposed tariff, together with supporting information and documentation, by which an allocation of its costs of compliance with Code §§ 56-585.5 and 56-585.1:11, net of benefits, would be recovered from retail customers within its service territory that elect to receive electric supply from a supplier of electric energy other than Dominion (“RPS Cost Allocation Filing” or “Filing”). Dominion submitted its RPS Cost Allocation Filing on October 5, 2020. In its Filing, the Company seeks approval of a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider NBC, for recovery of the cost of compliance with Code §§ 56-585.5 and 56-585.1:11, net of benefits. The Company states it has designed Rider NBC, for this initial proposal, to be applicable only to any customer who is eligible for and elects to purchase electricity supply service from a competitive service provider in accordance with Code § 56-577 A, or who is eligible for and elects to purchase electricity supply service under any approved, applicable tariff rate schedule for market based rates (collectively, “Rider NBC Customers”). According to Dominion, the RPS related costs to be recovered from Rider NBC Customers as a non-bypassable charge include costs for offshore wind subject to Code § 56-585.1:11, as well as (i) costs of generation facilities powered by sunlight or onshore or offshore wind, or energy storage facilities, that are constructed or acquired after July 1, 2020, (ii) costs of capacity, energy, or environmental attributes from generation facilities powered by sunlight or onshore or offshore wind, or falling water, or energy storage facilities purchased by the utility from persons other than the utility through agreements after July 1, 2020, and (iii) all other costs of compliance, including costs associated with the purchase of renewable energy credits associated with RPS requirements. The Company states that these costs will be netted against any fuel, capacity and ancillary benefits associated with the purchase or construction of renewable energy in accordance with the requirements of Code § 56-585.5 F. The Company states that it anticipates that a significant component of the costs that shall be non-bypassable will be the subject of separate riders whose charges are allocated to all of the Company’s retail generation customers. Dominion proposes that where non-bypassable projects have their own stand-alone rider, the rider rate will be calculated with Rider NBC Customers included within the applicable rate class. Rider NBC Customers will receive charges on their bill for these riders just like all other customers in the Company’s retail classes. The Company seeks to have the revenue requirements and rates in those respective rider proceedings and rate changes take effect in their own respective rate years. Therefore, Rider NBC would be reserved for those costs and benefits where a stand-alone rider does not exist. In this proceeding, Dominion asks the Commission to approve Rider NBC for the initial rate year beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021 (“Rate Year”). For the Rate Year, the Company includes projected costs totaling $420,822 on a system basis from a new 12.5 megawatt Rivanna solar power purchase agreement (“PPA”). The Company also projects $764,696 of benefits for the Rate Year on a system basis, which represents estimated 2021 fuel benefits from the Rivanna solar PPA and the Grassfield solar project. While the costs of the Rivanna solar PPA are included in Rider NBC, Dominion proposes to recover the costs of the Grassfield solar project in a separate rider, designated Rider CE. Together, the costs and benefits included in Rider NBC yield a net benefit of $343,873 on a system basis, and a net benefit of $271,038 on a Virginia jurisdictional basis. This results in a total revenue requirement for Rider NBC of ($20,031) for the Rate Year. Pursuant to Code § 56 585.5 F, the Company states that it intends to update and true-up Rider NBC on an annual basis, subject to continuing review and approval by the Commission. To collect the total revenue requirement of ($20,031) for the Rate Year, Dominion proposes an initial rate of $0.000000/kilowatt-hour (‘’kWh’’) for the period January 1, 2021, through May 31, 2021, and a rate of -$0.000005/kWh for the period June 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. The Company proposes this split in the cost recovery for the Rate Year because, as is described above, the costs and benefits used to develop the revenue requirement for Rider NBC relate to the Rivanna solar PPA and the Grassfield solar project. The Rivanna solar PPA has a proposed commercial operation date in June 2021 and the Grassfield solar project (which is the subject of Rider CE) has a projected effective date of June 1, 2021. Accordingly, the Company states that it would be reasonable to begin the cost recovery related to these facilities at the same time, beginning on June 1, 2021. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Filing and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Filing and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Filing and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding that, among other things, permitted Dominion to put the following rates into effect on an interim basis through the periods set forth below or until the Commission issues its Final Order in this proceeding, whichever comes first. Jan. 1, 2012-May 31, 2021
June 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2021
$0.000000/kWh
-$0.000005/kWh
In its Order for Notice and Hearing, the Commission also scheduled public hearings on Dominion’s RPS Allocation Filing. On March 26, 2021, at 10 a.m., the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing, with no witness present in the Commission’s courtroom, for the purpose of receiving the testimony of public witnesses. On March 24, 2021, any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the Commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Commission’s website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) 371-9141. This public witness hearing will be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. A public evidentiary hearing shall be convened at 10 a.m. on March 29, 2021, and shall be held remotely with no party present in the Commission’s courtroom to receive the testimony and evidence offered by the Company, respondents, and the Staff on the Company’s Filing. Please see the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing for further details on the evidentiary hearing. The Commission has taken judicial notice of the ongoing public health emergency related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the declarations of emergency issued at both the state and federal levels. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs, or other documents required to be served in this matter should be submitted electronically to the extent authorized by 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”). Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive information shall not be submitted electronically and should comply with 5 VAC 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. For the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the Clerk’s Office Document Control Center at (804) 371-9838 to arrange the delivery. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission has directed that service on parties and the Commission’s Staff in this matter shall be accomplished by electronic means. Please refer to the Commission’s August 31, 2020 Order for further instructions concerning Confidential or Extraordinarily Sensitive Information. An electronic copy of the Company’s Filing may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa R. Crabtree, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or lcrabtree@mcguirewoods.com. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. On or before March 26, 2021, any interested person may file comments on the Filing by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00164. On or before February 12, 2021, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5 20 30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00164. On or before February 12, 2021, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00164. Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by Commission order, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. The Company’s Filing, the Commission’s Rules of Practice and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing and August 31, 2020 Order may be viewed at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA
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Op/Ed & Letters
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Don’t make Black Success a Disqualifier in the BidenHarris Administration DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS When President-elect Joe Biden pounded the podium after the November 2020 elections and proclaimed, “The Black community has always had my back,” he also pledged to make the Biden administration accountable and reflective of the interests of Black Americans and all others who stand for freedom, justice, equality, and economic empowerment. That was certainly good news. Yet, as the Biden-Harris transition team moves forward to create one of the most diverse and inclusive administrations in the history of the United States, there are those who take exception to including Black Americans and other people of color who have had significant private sector work experience. I know how complex and critical the new administration’s selection of nominees and appointees can be. I served on the Clinton-Gore transition team in 1992-1993 and I witnessed firsthand how standards The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 6 No. 51 Mailing Address P.O. Box 12474 Richmond, VA 23241 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call: 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com
were applied to ensure that the best talented and experienced people were recruited to serve in the administration without exclusion due to race or prior career experience. I am speaking out about this issue, because now is not the time for silence as a result of fear from the right or from the left. As President-elect Biden looks to fill his cabinet, White House staff, and the various agencies throughout the federal government, Biden will look to talented men and women from all walks of life to help him and Vice President-elect Kamala The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions. Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 Other states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2020
Harris to end a deadly pandemic, rebuild a stalled economy, and make America’s future progress and sustainability accessible to all of its citizens. The Biden-Harris transition team should not be forced to exclude talented people of color because they have chosen certain career paths. The vast majority of people of color, particularly Black people, do not come from generational wealth and most often are the first in their families to attend college. When they graduate and choose to go into public service, it is truly a personal sacrifice because they often do so with a heavy debt burden. To relieve themselves of that burden when their time in public service comes to an end, they often turn to the private sector for employment so that they can provide for their families, purchase a home, and build wealth. Those who consider themselves to be in the progressive left, counterproductively miss the point when they apply a “no private sector work” standard to people of color looking to come
back and serve their country in the Biden-Harris administration. Those well-intentioned but misguided left progressives don’t realize that such a standard is unjustly punitive and ignores the racial and economic inequities in our nation. If we are to ever bridge the racial and class divisions in our nation, we must learn from our history rather than continue the stereotypes, fears, and prejudices of the past. The Biden-Harris administration, like the Obama-Biden administration, has an historic opportunity to move the nation forward toward “a more perfect Union.” Experienced and talented Black leaders in the public and private sectors will help the Biden-Harris administration to achieve future success towards an inclusive, sustainable and equitable transformation of the United States of America. Chavis is president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) in Washington, D.C., and executive producer & host of The Chavis Chronicles on PBS TV.
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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.
Dec. 16, 2020 • 5
Rigged... but not like that
Many (though not nearly all) of my friends on the Republican side of the bipartisan aisle are utterly convinced that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged" to produce a fake victory for Joe Biden -- that Donald Trump actually won, and had his victory stolen via a vast conspiracy to manufacture false votes and fraudulently switch real ones. None of my friends on the Democratic side are buying it. Neither, it seems, are the courts. Nor am I. So far, the evidence produced to substantiate the claims isn't just unconvincing, it isn't evidence. In substance, the argument is that 1) if voter preferences didn't change between 2016 and 2020, and 2) if the preferences of mail voters didn't differ from the preferences of inperson voters, a Biden victory was so statistically unlikely as to be suspicious.
But voter preferences DO change between elections, often in numbers sufficient to change outcomes from election to election in “battleground” or “swing” states. That’s why that handful of states are called by those names. The margin between winner and loser in those states is always slim. Only a few minds need changing, or a few previously lazy voters motivated to turn out, to reverse the previous result. As for mail versus in-person voter preferences, Donald Trump and the Republican Party spent the months leading up to the election telling their base that mail voting is suspect and in-person voting is better. The utterly predictable and completely non-suspicious result: Mail voting went Democratic in a big way, while some Republicans who intended to vote in person decided at the last minute to catch a Seinfeld re-run instead of standing in line in the rain for two hours to participate in the real-life show about nothing. All that said, yes, the presidential election was rigged. The next American presidential election that ISN’T rigged will be the first in living memory. No, it wasn’t rigged to ensure a Biden win, or a Trump loss. It was rigged to ensure victory for the status quo and for our de facto one-party system.
It was rigged by party committees, by state legislatures, and by the Commission on Presidential debates. It was rigged with committee rules, state ballot access laws, and debate requirements intentionally designed to keep both "major party" dissidents (e.g. Tulsi Gabbard) and third party and independent candidates as far off of voters' radar as possible. It wasn’t rigged to benefit a particular person. It was rigged to preserve a system: The postWorld-War-Two, military-industrial complex-centered “consensus” system. The rigging worked. If you don’t believe me, ask any progressive eyeing Joe Biden’s cabinet appointment announcements. He’s staffing his administration with corporate lobbyists, party loyalists, and long-time ladder-climbing sycophants. Exactly like Donald “Drain the Swamp!” Trump did. His election victory was anomalous given his rhetoric, but even if he had meant what he said, the system's second line of defense -- some people call it the “Deep State” -- would likely have proven up to its job. The election game is always rigged to produce business as usual. Thomas L. Knapp
New COVID-19 orders
All individuals in Virginia must remain at their place of residence between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Exceptions include obtaining food and goods, traveling to and from work and seeking medical attention. All Virginians ages five and over are required to wear face coverings in indoor settings shared with others and when outdoors within six feet of another person. This order expands the current statewide mask mandate, which has been in place since May 29, and requires all individuals aged five and over to wear face coverings in indoor and outdoor public settings outside of their own household. These changes are consistent with new CDC guidelines, released December 4, which recommend universal wearing of face coverings. All social gatherings must be limited to 10 individuals, down from the current cap of 25 people. Social gatherings include, but are not limited to, parties, celebrations, or other social events, regardless of whether they occur indoors or outdoors. This does not apply to religious services, employment settings, or educational settings. Virginia restaurants are currently governed by strict social distancing and sanitization requirements, which remain in place.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER BW BRUNSWICK COUNTY POWER STATION, FOR THE RATE YEAR COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 CASE NO. PUR-2020-00230 •Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied to update its Rider BW by which it recovers the costs of the Brunswick County Power Station. •Dominion requests $113,434,000 for its 2021 Rider BW. According to Dominion, this amount would increase a typical residential customer’s bill using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.15. •A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hold a hearing in this the case on March 23, 2021. •Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: www.scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information On October 5, 2020, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and the State Corporation Commission’s (“Commission”) Final Order in Case No. PUR-2019-00160, filed with the Commission an annual update with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider BW (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Brunswick County Power Station, a 1,358 megawatt (nominal) natural gas fired, combined-cycle electric generating facility, as well as the related transmission interconnection facilities, in Brunswick County, Virginia (“Project”). In Case No. PUE-2012-00128, the Commission approved construction of the Project. In conjunction therewith, the Commission also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider BW, which allowed Dominion to recover costs associated with the development of the Project. The Company has since annually updated its Rider BW rate adjustment clause. In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider BW for the rate year beginning September 1, 2021, and ending August 31, 2022 (“2021 Rate Year”). The two key components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2021 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $112,977,000 and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $457,000. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $113,434,000 for service rendered during the 2021 Rate Year. Dominion requests a rate effective date for usage on and after the latter of September 1, 2021, or the first day of the month that is at least 15 days following the date of any Commission order approving Rider BW. For purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case, Dominion utilized an enhanced rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 10.2%, which was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUR-2019-00050. This includes a general ROE of 9.2%, plus a 100 basis points enhanced return, as provided for in Code § 56 585.1 A 6, for a combined cycle generating station. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True Up Factor, the Company used an enhanced ROE of 10.2%, including a general ROE of 9.2%, plus an ROE adder of 100 basis points. If the proposed Rider BW for the 2020 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider BW on September 1, 2021, would increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.15. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. A public hearing on the Application shall be convened on March 23, 2021, at 10 a.m., to receive the testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff (“Staff”). Further details on the hearing will be provided by subsequent Commission Order or Hearing Examiner’s Ruling. The Commission has taken judicial notice of the ongoing public health emergency related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the declarations of emergency issued at both the state and federal levels. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs, or other documents required to be served in this matter should be submitted electronically to the extent authorized by 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”). Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive information shall not be submitted electronically and should comply with 5 VAC 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. For the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the Clerk’s Office Document Control Center at (804) 3719838 to arrange the delivery. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission has directed that service on parties and the Commission’s Staff in this matter shall be accomplished by electronic means. Please refer to the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing for further instructions concerning Confidential or Extraordinarily Sensitive Information. An electronic copy of the Company’s Application may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa R. Crabtree, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or LCrabtree@mcguirewoods.com. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. On or before March 16, 2021, any interested person may file comments on the Application by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00230. On or before January 8, 2021, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5 20 30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00230. On or before January 29, 2021, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00230. Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. The Company’s Application, the Commission’s Rules of Practice and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing may be viewed at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D/B/A DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA
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