Time to embrace prison returnees

4 • July 15, 2020 Op/Ed & Letters

We should embrace prison returnees to our communities

DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS JR.

I am pleased to work and live in our nation’s capital. Washington, D.C. is a city on the move progressively even amidst the continued existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil and human rights that I am very concerned about. That is the issue of people returning to our communities from prison.

It’s difficult to argue that there is not an urgent need for better helping former inmates make the difficult transition back to society. A returning citizen with a pathway to gainful employment and secure housing has a better chance of developing a strong connection to his family and community and not returning to prison.

Mass incarceration in America is a serious national problem that needs to be resolved. Black Americans, in particular, are disproportionately imprisoned across the country. I personally know what it is like to be unjustly imprisoned and the difficulties of trying to overcome the aftermath of counterproductive stigmas and unfair stereotypes with

respect to the lingering unjustified

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cloud over former prison inmates.

But as a practical matter, commonsense measures that would bolster support for individuals reentering society sometimes meet sharp resistance — even now, as the nation engages in an emotional and painful 102 x 6.pdf 1 7/6/20 3:51 PM debate over whether America has lived up to its promise of social justice, equity, and a fair penal system.

That tension between theory and policy is, sadly, beginning to emerge yet again in Washington, D.C., where some community advocates have raised objections to plans for a new residential re-entry center that would provide temporary housing, job and skills training, substanceabuse counseling and other critical support for inmates returning home after serving time.

Many residents in D.C. share the conviction that we must do far more to lend a hand to the thousands of individuals — disproportionately black men aged 21 to 30 — who return to the District each year after periods of incarceration. But right now, D.C. is without a single re-entry center that is equipped to provide such support.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D/B/A DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA FOR APPROVAL OF A RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE RIDER B, BIOMASS CONVERSIONS OF THE ALTAVISTA, HOPEWELL, AND SOUTHAMPTON POWER STATIONS FOR THE RATE YEAR COMMENCING APRIL 1, 2021 CASE NO. PUR-2020-00099

•Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider B. •Dominion’s request represents an increase of $24,124,355 million annually, which would decrease the bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.17. •A Hearing Examiner appointed by the State Corporation Commission will hold an evidentiary hearing in the case on November 23, 2020. •Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

On June 1, 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”), filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update of the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider B (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the major unit modifications of the Altavista, Hopewell, and Southampton Power Stations; from coal-burning generation facilities into renewable biomass generation facilities (collectively, the “Biomass Conversion Projects” or “Conversions”).

In Case No. PUE-2011-00073, the Commission approved the proposed Conversions as major unit modifications under Code § 56-585.1 A 6 and reissued amended certificates of public convenience and necessity for the Altavista, Hopewell, and Southampton Power Stations (the “CPCN Order”). The CPCN Order also authorizes Dominion to recover costs associated with the construction of the Biomass Conversion Projects. All three Biomass Conversion Projects became operational in 2013.

In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider B for the rate year beginning April 1, 2021, and ending March 31, 2022 (“2021 Rate Year”). The two 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 request- ing a combined Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $29,213,936 and a combined Actual Cost True Up Factor revenue requirement of ($5,089,581). Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $24,124,355 for service rendered during the 2021 Rate Year.

For purposes of calculating the revenue requirement in this case, Dominion utilized an enhanced rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 9.2%. This ROE comprises a general ROE of 9.2%, approved by the Commission in Case Nos. PUR-2017-00038 and PUR-2019-00050.

If the proposed Rider B for the 2021 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, imple- mentation of its proposed Rider B on April 1, 2021, would decrease the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.17. The Company indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider B rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent Rider B proceed- ing, Case No. PUR-2019-00085, with the exception that in this case the Company did not remove federal customers’ and retail choice customers’ load and usage for the purpose of designing rates.

This Application is one of six filings Dominion made on or about June 1, 2020, for recovery of funds related to capital projects. If the revenue requirements in these filings are approved as proposed, the cumulative impact would be a monthly increase of approximately $0.96 for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month.

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 November 23, 2020, at 10 a.m., to receive the testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respon- dents, and the 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) 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 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 Commis- sion’s website: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

On or before November 23, 2020, any interested person may file comments on the Application by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: https://scc.virginia. gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00099.

On or before September 8, 2020, 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 partici- pation 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-2020-00099.

On or before October 6, 2020, 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-2020-00099.

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.

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