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Balance, Benefits, and Community: Pine Gate’s Keys to Supporting Women at Work

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Balance, Benefits, and Community: Pine Gate’s Keys to Supporting Women at Work   March 2025 Author: Judith Hall, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and executive sponsor of Pine Gate’s Women’s Impact Network (WIN) As General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at Pine Gate Renewables, I’m proud to play a leading role in enhancing the experience […]

Solar Energy Preserves a Family Legacy and Powers the Future

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Solar Energy Preserves a Family Legacy and Powers the Future June 24, 2024 Solar energy is common in Virginia, and for good reasons: it’s renewable and affordable.   Recently, local leaders had a firsthand look at the benefits of solar power when they visited Billy Hunter, an eastern Virginia landowner and farmer, on whose land Pine […]

A Project Delivery Manager’s Experience Advocating for Clean Energy in Washington, DC

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A Project Delivery Manager’s Experience Advocating for Clean Energy in Washington, DC Written by:  Mackenzie Voegerl, Sr. Project Manager, Delivery Last month, I had the opportunity to participate in American Clean Power’s Clean Power on the Hill federal lobbying day in Washington, DC. My day job at Pine Gate is to manage our engineering, procurement, […]

From Acquisition to Abatement Approval: the Limewood Solar Success Story

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From Acquisition to Abatement Approval: the Limewood Solar Success Story Located outside of Temple, Texas in Bell County, Pine Gate Renewable’s Limewood project will supply approximately 204 megawatts (MW) of cost-effective and reliable solar power to the Texas grid.   Bell County is in the heart of Central Texas and is no stranger to solar developments […]

Getting to Know the Community: From Neighbors to Neighbor

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Getting to Know the Community: From Neighbors to Neighbor Pine Gate Renewables isn’t just about bringing clean energy to communities – we’re also committed to becoming a positive force within them. That’s why, for our proposed Panther Creek solar project near Mount Victory, Ohio, we’re making active listening and engagement a top priority. The company […]

Pine Gate Renewables and University of North Texas Collaborate on Biodiversity Research

Pine Gate Renewables and University of North Texas Collaborate on Biodiversity Research Pine Gate Renewables is proud to announce a research collaboration with the University of North Texas (UNT) at Denton in connection with the Denton County Porter Solar project. The Pine Gate team is exploring a number of ways to work with UNT’s Advanced […]

SC Siting Act – the Wrong Tool for the Job

SC Siting Act – the Wrong Tool for the Job Written by: Blan Holman, VP, Regulatory Affairs On September 28, the South Carolina Public Service Commission reaffirmed that the South Carolina Siting Act’s threshold for PSC review of proposed energy facilities applies to an energy facility’s capacity to deliver power to the electric grid, not […]

What is the Future of Reactive Compensation

What is the Future of Reactive Compensation Author: Frank Swigonski, Director, Market Design Utilities across the country have seen an increase in new renewable generators coming online. For utilities that compensate reactive power using AEP, more new generation translates to an increase in FERC filings and individual hearings and settlements. The administrative burden on generators, […]

How Does AEP Work?

How Does AEP Work? Author: Frank Swigonski, Director, Market Design As anyone familiar with a state utility rate case can attest, cost-of-service ratemaking can often be litigious and tedious. Reactive power rate cases are no exception. There are very few pieces of generating equipment that are solely dedicated to providing reactive power. A step-up transformer, […]