Energy and Telecommunications attorney Cliona Robb has been selected to serve as a panelist at the third annual Virginia Energy Summit hosted by the Virginia Manufacturers Association. Titled Energy Regulation 101: Jurisdiction and Role of the Virginia State Corporation Commission; VA Clean Economy Act (VCEA) Update; Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW) Update, the panel will kick off day two of the conference and Cliona will be joined by Meade Browder, Senior Assistant Attorney General/Section Chief, Division of Consumer Counsel, OAG; David Essah, Director of Public Utility Regulation, State Corporation Commission; Kim Pate, Director Accounting and Finance, State Corporation Commission; William H. Chambliss, General Counsel, State Corporation Commission; and Will Reisinger, ReisingerGooch. Held at the Westin in Virginia Beach, the Summit will focus on the relationship between energy, critical infrastructure, and national security. Throughout the various sessions, industry leaders and Federal/State regulators will compare the Virginia Energy Plan and the Virginia Clean Economy Act to the energy experiences of select states, European Union states, and Asian countries.
The goal of the annual Summit is to establish a better understanding of the costs and benefits of renewable energy, the fuel and infrastructure needs of critical infrastructure sector industries, the pending threats to electric grid stability, the national and economic implications of electrifying the economy, the burgeoning cost of electric transmission infrastructure, and the regulatory transparency needed to protect consumers and producers from unaffordable costs.
