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On October 7, 2019, Ohio's newly promulgated net metering rule[1] takes effect. This concludes a rule revision process dating back to 2012,

On July 14, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order (EO or Order) pausing the issuance of discretionary permits and similar forms of approval for the construction or expansion of data centers...

The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) filed a proposed rulemaking on June 1, 2026, to amend the Climate Commitment Act Program Rule, Chapter 173-446 WAC, and the Reporting of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has strict rules regarding who can serve as an officer or director of a public utility while also serving in such a role with specified other types of company.

On July 8, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Golden State Water Company v. Public Utilities Commission.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sept. 5, 2023, issued a critical ruling upholding certain reforms the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

On November 4, 2016, EKPC submitted its initial application seeking to terminate the purchase requirement in its service territory for QFs of more than 20 MW.

On August 29, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ("DPU") issued a highly anticipated order approving the Electric Sector Modernization Plans...

Recently, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities answered -- at least for now -- the question of whether it would allow market forces to determine where and when new electric generation gets built in the Commonwealth or whether it would bow to legislative pressure and mandate ratepayer-subsidized contracts for such generation.

On July 10, 2023, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law An Act Relating to Net Energy Billing and Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Systems. The Act was proposed as an amended version...

North Carolina's nascent biogas industry has witnessed significant progress in recent years.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities recently approved expansion of the state's solar incentive program, SMART.

Electricity generated from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has become a significant source of carbon-free power in the United States over the last decade.

The Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware recently ruled in In re NE OPCO, INC., 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 4569 (Bankr. D. Del. Nov. 1, 2013), that electricity is not a "good" for purposes of 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(9).

If POLR supplies are obtained through solicitations having a specific contract term, the term of any PURPA purchase contract should match the term of the POLR supply contract.

A $5 billion competitive grant program to replace existing school buses with low- or zero-emission school buses.

On July 29, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit") issued a decision in Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman affirming a district court's