ArticleMassachusetts Raises Caps On Solar Net MeteringMassachusetts has raised the caps on the Commonwealth's net metering program.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleMichigan Solicits Feedback On State And Federal Funding Opportunities To Advance Aggressive Statewide Clean Energy And Climate GoalsThe Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is seeking feedback via a Request for Information (RFI) on the potential use of state funds to implement statewide...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesTaft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
ArticleML Strategies Energy & Environment Update: Week Of 10/6/2014The fifth annual United States-India Energy Partnership summit took place in Washington last week. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticleNERC Recommends Inverter Changes After California Fire Disrupts Solar GenerationOn June 8, 2017, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") released a report on the August 2016 Blue Cut Fire, which resulted in the loss of 1,200 megawatts ("MW")...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleNew York State Goes Even Bigger On Offshore WindWhile further details of the awards are still to be rolled out, it is expected that contract negotiations between Equinor and NYSERDA will proceed apace this winter.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesHodgson Russ LLP
ArticleNew York’s Plan For A Self-Sustaining Solar IndustryGovernor Cuomo recently announced that New York’s multiple solar programs are transitioning into the single, statewide NY-Sun Incentive Program.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleNorth Carolina Passes Solar Reform Bill With An 18-Month Wind MoratoriumOn June 30, 2017, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified compromise legislation that modernizes the state's solar energy rules but also includes an 18-month moratorium on wind energy projects in the state.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleNY Moves From Retail Rate Net Metering To Value-Based Compensation For Distributed GenerationThe New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) approved an order on March 9 that will shift the state's mechanism for compensating distributed energy resources from retail rate net metering to value-based compensation.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMcDermott Will & Emery
ArticleNYSERDA Issues Request For Information In Preparation For Sixth OREC Solicitation With Transmission Issues In The ForefrontAs New York's fifth Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate solicitation enters its final stages, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority issued a Request for Information on December 18, 2024, to solicit feedback concerning its next solicitation, which has been dubbed "NY6".United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSheppard
ArticleObama Administration And Private Partners Make A Clean Energy PushYesterday, the White House hosted a Clean Energy Investment Summit where Vice President Biden highlighted more than $4 billion in pledges from major foundations and long -term investors to fund climate change solutions. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticlePREPA Places Hold On Signing New Renewable Energy ContractsThe Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has stopped granting new contracts for renewable energy projects pending the results of an evaluation of the costs that PREPA would incur to purchase electricity under 63 of those contracts negotiated under the previous administration. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesDuane Morris LLP
ArticlePreserve Retail CompetitionProposals to eliminate competition in retail electric supply to consumers are in the air. A consultant to the Massachusetts attorney United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFoley Hoag LLP
ArticlePresident Obama Signs Consolidated Appropriations ActOn December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) (the Act).United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMcDermott Will & Emery
ArticlePresident Signs Extender Package For PTC And ITC – Renewable Energy Tax CreditsNearly two weeks ago, Congress passed the omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (the "Omnibus Bill"), and the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the "Act"), United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleProposition 127, Renewable Energy Standards InitiativeRenewable energy standards have been a topic of debate not only in Arizona but all across the country.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesLewis Roca
ArticlePSC Considers Second DER Financing DocketAt its Open Meeting on January 10, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) considered the second of two petitions for declaratory ruling related to financing arrangements for distributed energy resources (DERs).United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesGodfrey & Kahn S.C.
ArticleRecently-Enacted Energy Act Incentivizes Development Of Renewable Energy On Federal LandJust before leaving office, President Trump signed two pieces of legislation aimed at incentivizing renewable energy development: the Energy Act of 2020 and the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesWilliams Weese Pepple & Ferguson
ArticleRenewable Energy Conference Spotlights American Energy InnovationBoth Beaton and the panel touched on the role of public and private collaboration in promoting increased renewable energy development.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticleRenewable Energy Deals Targeted For More Scrutiny In New Trade ReportThe renewable energy industry, now designated as a technology and innovation-related area of special concern to the protection of the US industrial and scientific base, is one of seven sectors...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMorgan Lewis
ArticleRenewable Energy Developers Stand To Benefit From MassDEP’s Efforts To Streamline Regulatory RequirementsOn October 24, 2011 MassDEP released the framework for a regulatory reform proposal that would streamline environmental permitting and approval processes in Massachusetts.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFoley Hoag LLP