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The Evaluation Team in Massachusetts' Section 83C Offshore Wind Generation request for proposals ("RFP") for long term contracts for offshore wind has announced that our client Vineyard Wind...

According to a Notice issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) on January 30, 2017, parties who desire to participate in the evidentiary phase of the D.P.U. 17-05 proceeding...

The D.C. Circuit last week denied the Department of Energy's (DOE) petition for en banc review of the court's November decision holding that the DOE could not continue to collect nuclear waste fees from utilities.

California's Senate Bill 1153 has been signed into law, providing significant protection for public water systems against wildfire-related inverse condemnation claims. The legislation clarifies that water suppliers have no duty to design or maintain systems for wildfire suppression and that inability to maintain water supply during wildfires is not a substantial cause of wildfire damages. This landmark legislation may reshape liability exposure and insurance costs for water providers across the state.

California's rapid expansion of data centers to support AI and other technologies has created an unexpected challenge: finding suitable locations for the massive electrical infrastructure needed to power these facilities. While the California Independent System Operator has approved new processes to accelerate connections for large electricity users, the real estate and right-of-way issues surrounding substations, transmission lines...

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana recently found that the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment required an Indiana municipal water utility to provide an opportunity to interpose a formal request to be heard before disconnecting utility service.

The NIST issued a Federal Register notice seeking comments on the draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0.

Last month, Assembly Bill 802 (AB 802) was signed into law in California. Effective January 1, 2016, AB 802 replaces the existing energy use disclosure program, AB 1103...

On September 28, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law Public Law No: 115-247, amending Federal Power Act ("FPA") ...

Through a deal entered into between the California legislature and Governor Jerry Brown, the embattled California Public Utilities Commission ("PUC") will be restructured and reformed.

On March 17, 2021, a coalition of environmental organizations and clean energy groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

Nevada voters will go to the polls November 8 with more than the choice of the country's next president on their ballot. A ballot measure supported by the Las Vegas casinos would amend the state constitution to direct the Nevada legislature to create rules enabling the end of monopoly electric utility service.

On the heels of the news reports describing cyberattacks on the energy sector that have continued to accumulate over the last few years, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

On April 6, 2016, Idaho Power announced that it has formally signed an agreement with California Independent System Operator ("CAISO") to join the western Energy Imbalance Market ("EIM") beginning in April, 2018.

On June 30, 2023, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (the Department) approved comprehensive zoning bylaw exemptions to two important energy storage projects...

On Tuesday, after months of waiting, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) took action on the Grid Modernization Plans filed last summer by the three Massachusetts Electric Distribution Companies...

Opportunities to develop new energy projects in Southern California—whether conventional generation, renewable resource, demand response, or energy storage—became clearer last week as the result of an order issued by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

By Order dated September 23, 2011, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) released, for public comment, a straw proposal from BPU staff which reduces the Solar Alternative Compliance Payment (SACP) level by 20 percent for the 2017 Energy Year (June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017).