- Dominion Energy Virginia will acquire 15 projects and execute PPAs
- Dominion must obtain 100 percent of its electricity sales in Virginia from clean energy by 2045
Virginia regulators have granted the green light to Dominion Energy’s plan to add 1GW of new solar and battery storage capacity to its portfolio in the state.
Dominion Energy Virginia will acquire 15 projects and execute power purchase agreements (PPAs) for an additional 24 schemes owned by third-party developers as part of the plan. The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved the expansion request, the utility announced on Wednesday.
Building the 15 solar parks and energy storage facilities will assist Virginia’s economy by more than USD 880 million. The package includes 11 utility-scale PV projects, two small-scale distributed solar projects, one PV-plus-storage scheme, and a stand-alone energy storage project, as previously reported. The projects will be finished in 2022 and 2023, respectively.