During the latest webinar in our Energy Transition series, Partners Robert Lamkin and Jacob Hollinger hosted Louis Martinsen, vice president, origination at Boston Energy Trading and Marketing, for a 30-minute discussion...more
On March 2, McDermott Partners Robert Lamkin and Jacob Hollinger will host Louis Martinsen, vice president, origination at Boston Energy Trading and Marketing, to discuss hedge product opportunities for renewable and storage...more
Many stakeholders have called for the United States to adopt a carbon tax. Such a tax could raise billions of dollars in annual revenue while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Several carbon tax proposals were...more
2/12/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Charging Stations ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Protection ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Methane ,
New Legislation ,
Renewable Energy
With Democrats taking over the White House and the Senate, many eyes are on climate change and the role that the federal government can take to combat it. A variety of proposals have been floated about the best way for...more
On July 21, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the largest combined clean energy solicitation ever issued in the United States, seeking up to 4 GW of renewable capacity. This capacity is broken up into 2500 MW of...more
McDermott hosted Rob Gramlich, Founder and President of Grid Strategies, LLC, on July 16 for a discussion of low-cost decarbonization strategies for the electricity sector. We framed the discussion around 2020 US Presidential...more
McDermott continues to interact with industry leaders to provide the latest market updates in the energy industry. On July 16, Partners Ed Zaelke and Jacob Hollinger will host Rob Gramlich, founder and president of Grid...more
McDermott recently hosted Jonathan Burnston, Managing Partner of the energy sector financial services firm Karbone, for a discussion of recent developments affecting environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing,...more
McDermott continues its dialogue with renewable industry leaders to provide the latest market updates on the disruption, challenges and opportunities COVID-19 presents to the industry.
On June 4, McDermott will host...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations for “new” and “existing” power plants have received substantial media attention, but regulated parties should also be aware of the third...more
6/17/2014
/ Barack Obama ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
RGGI
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-anticipated proposal for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants on June 2, 2014, to much fanfare. The proposal is simpler than it...more
6/5/2014
/ Barack Obama ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
RGGI
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently changed its eagle “take” permitting rules to allow wind developers to apply for 30-year take permits; previously, such permits, which allow the incidental killing of eagles,...more