The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Task Force is an advisory commission within the executive branch. The purposes of the Task Force are to develop a comprehensive strategy to advance energy affordability and the Commonwealth's transition toward integrated distributed energy resource markets and to support the Commonwealth's compliance with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No. 2222. 

Taskforce Members

  • Chief Josephus Allmond
    Chief Energy Officer
    Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

  • Delegate Richard (Rip) Sullivan
    6th District
    House of Delegates

  • Delegate Dan Helmer
    10th District
    House of Delegates

  • Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg
    16th District
    State Senate

  • Deputy Secretary Kristin Dahlman
    Designee of Secretary Carrie Chenery
    Office of Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade

  • Carrie Hearne
    Director of Energy Commission of Virginia
    Designee of Senator Scott Surovell

  • Emily Orvis
    Vice President of Energy Markets
    Voltus, Inc.

  • John Farmer
    Energy Regulatory Attorneys
    Virginia Office of the Attorneys General

  • Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi
    Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

  • Ashish Kapoor
    Senior Energy and Climate Advisor
    Piedmont Environmental Council

  • Richard Caperton
    Vice President of Public Policy
    SPAN

  • Tony Smith
    Chair and Co-Founder
    Virginia Distributed Solar Alliance

  • Dawn Oleksy
    Clean Energy Manager
    City of Richmond

  • Joe Lerch
    Director of Local Government Policy
    Virginia Association of Counties

  • Angela Navarro
    President
    Align Energy Advisors

  • Bill Murray
    Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Communications
    Dominion Energy