Charging Transportation Electrification Forward: Identifying Opportunities & Regulatory Solutions in the Rapidly Evolving EV Market - Energy Law Insights
Powering Through the Environmental Challenges of EV Development - Energy Law Insights
Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Within the EV Infrastructure Sector With Kerri Stewart - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
The ESG Report: EV Battery Regulation and Compliance in The US & EU-Part 1, Foreign Entities of Concern
The Intersectionality of Fermata Energy's Vehicle-to-Grid Technology With Founder and CEO David Slutzky - Battery + Storage Podcast
Remaining Innovative in the Battery Storage Space With Electrovaya CEO Dr. Raj Dasgupta - Battery + Storage Podcast
EV Tech Series: The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on the Energy Industry With Judy Kwok and Marc Machlin - Battery + Storage Podcast
Electro-Extraction and the Future of E-Waste with Megan O'Connor, CEO and Co-founder of Nth Cycle - Battery + Storage Podcast
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
Five Questions, Five Answers: Washington Invests $17 Million for Electric Mobility- How the USMCA Plays a Role
AutoTech Developments and Privacy Issues - Tech Podcast
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, who represents California’s north coast, has sent a letter to federal regulators asking that they “urgently place” a senior official in the state to respond to tribal needs as wind power is developed...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to...more
Project developers in the EV, solar, wind, battery, CCUS, hydrogen, biofuels, and energy efficiency markets have been blessed by the IRS with the ability to transfer tax credits directly to willing buyers. Tax equity...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to ease environmental reviews for certain energy storage, solar, and rebuilt or upgraded transmission projects on federal land. Those types of projects — given their limited...more
Work on a $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about effects that the...more
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD)’s 2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report points to a new phase in the multi-generational journey to Net Zero. While 56% of our respondents are deepening their focus on their transition...more
In recognition of the substantial effect that widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs) will have in reducing carbon emissions, the state and federal government have set ambitious goals to increase the number of EVs on the...more
The U.S. saw roughly triple the amount of grid-scale battery storage installed in the second quarter of this year as it did in the preceding quarter, in megawatt terms, according to the latest Clean Power Quarterly report...more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills on Monday aimed at streamlining the construction of solar and wind farms, reservoirs, bridges, railways, and other infrastructure projects in California....more
Jobs in the U.S. energy industry rose 3.8% last year, faster than overall employment growth and led by work in clean energy, the Department of Energy said last Wednesday. According to the U.S. Energy and Employment Report,...more
Governor Gavin Newsom last Friday pledged to fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of construction projects throughout the state, including a pair of large water endeavors that have languished for years amid...more
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal President Joe Biden's suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, a measure aimed at supporting the small domestic manufacturing industry....more
Notwithstanding the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, in 2021 the deployment of solar, solar + storage, stand-alone storage, wind, and other renewable energy technologies continued to rapidly expand across the U.S. (and the rest...more
NJ BPU Issues Proposal to Replace Solar Incentive Program - On 7 April 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities released a straw proposal outlining details of the state’s solar incentive successor program. New Jersey’s...more
Court Ruling Vindicates ExxonMobil in New York ‘Climate Change’ Fraud Case - “'The Office of the Attorney General failed to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that ExxonMobil made any material misstatements or...more
Iraq Would Face 'Wrath of U.S.' if Oil Pipeline Projects with Iran Go Ahead - "Washington would do anything to prevent an Iran-Iraq oil pipeline from ever being built, even if the Europeans were in favor, policy...more
Focus - sPower and MCE complete largest operational CCA solar project in California - PV-Tech - April 29 - sPower and MCE have commenced commercial operations at the 130-megawatt Antelope Expansion 2 PV project in...more
On October 2, 2018, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan (the “Energy Plan”), which provides an update on Virginia’s current energy system and a strategic vision for the Commonwealth’s energy...more
Focus - Governor Brown signs key energy storage bill - SOLAR INDUSTRY MAGAZINE - Oct 2 Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law S.B.700, a bill that could result in nearly 3 gigawatts of behind-the-meter energy storage...more
Focus - California leads in new ranking of top performing solar projects - GREENTECH MEDIA - Jun 1 A first of its kind data set from kWh Analytics ranking production at individual solar power plants around the country...more
For energy industry observers, the 2017 California state legislative session produced a few significant bills (concerning extension of the cap and trade program and regulation of criteria air pollutants and toxic air...more
Sustainable Development Focus - Here’s how California plans to spend $1.5B in cap-and-trade money - San Jose Mercury News - Sep 12 - As California’s newly strengthened “cap and trade” climate-change program rakes...more
Renewable Energy Focus - CAISO approves changes to enhance demand response in wholesale markets - Utility Dive - Jul 28 - The California ISO (CAISO) has approved a measure aiming to enhance the ability of demand...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Perry orders Energy Department study of electric grid - The Hill - Apr 17 - Energy Secretary Rick Perry has ordered a departmental review of the electricity grid, targeting federal...more