Polsinelli Podcast - Hot Energy Trends in 2014 by Polsinelli
The subsidence risk in geothermal projects needs to be effectively managed by careful review of site conditions and legal and permitting precedents. Production of geothermal fluids can lead to subsidence of the land...more
Solar is booming in the United States as power demand surges, outpacing the growth of any other electricity source and disproving claims that the energy transition is a failure. To be sure, solar remains a small portion of...more
California’s utilities regulator on May 30 adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will undercut efforts to expand solar power options for lower-income...more
Eversource’s launch of its new networked geothermal system pilot project in Framingham has drawn significant interest as Massachusetts’ first gas utility-operated ground source heating and cooling project. Eversource’s...more
Hydrogen, solar, wind—and even microwave beams from outer space—are a few of the alternative energies being explored as the world strives to cut the cord on carbon emissions. Recently, advancements in geothermal energy...more
Chevron is part of a group of old-school fossil-fuel companies investing hundreds of millions of dollars into geothermal-energy projects aiming to use fracking-type technology to find and access underground heat — heat that...more
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) to prospective renewable energy companies interested in collaborating with New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop renewable energy...more
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) last Thursday asked federal regulators for permission to cancel its annual interconnection study process for any interconnection requests submitted this year so it can deal...more
New York released a new offshore wind solicitation last Thursday, seeking proposals for offshore wind and land-based renewable projects. The solicitations will support New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Nov. 17, 2023, released long-awaited proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) regarding the investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code. Section...more
NEXT Energy Technologies Inc. has received $3 million in funding under the California Energy Commission’s Realizing Accelerated Manufacturing and Production for Clean Energy Technologies program, to be applied toward NEXT’s...more
Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced Monday. Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation for the...more
Last Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a plan that will set the state on a course to adding 86,000 MW of new resources to the grid by 2035. That amounts to “more than a doubling of the...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved three energy project contracts proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), as well as four contracts proposed by Southern California Edison (SCE), that will...more
The Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives for energy storage projects in the U.S. came into effect on January 1, 2023. Standout among those measures is the availability of an investment tax credit (ITC) for investment in...more
Real-time pricing, new rates, and enabling technologies target demand flexibility to ease California outages Bullet Utility Dive – September 13 Growing California power system reliability threats made vivid by early September...more
A través de la Resolución 40302 del 5 de agosto de 2022 (la Resolución), el Ministerio de Minas y Energía expidió la reglamentación técnica aplicable a la obtención de permisos de exploración y explotación de recursos...more
On July 5, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act (the “Act”), a bill which amends New York State’s Public Service Law to authorize the State’s utilities to own and operate...more
On June 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 205 (“AB 205”), which, among various other things, expands the siting jurisdiction of the California Energy Commission (“CEC”) to include non-thermal...more
FERC plans to accelerate grid connection to new power generation T&D World – June 17 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week issued a proposed role on solving “significant current backlogs” in grid...more
Less than two weeks ago, EPA released an updated version of their “RE-Powering Mapper” tool – How to Identify Sites | US EPA – EPA’s Re-Powering Mapper Tool provides information on over 190,000 contaminated lands, landfills,...more
On April 14, 2022, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a notice that provides the inflation-adjustment factor and reference price for the calculation of renewable electricity production tax credits (PTCs) under...more
President Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for electric vehicle battery materials Bullet CNBC – March 31 President Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage domestic production of minerals required...more
Record year in 2020 for wind turbine installation in the U.S. - North American Windpower – January 3 - In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other...more
La Cámara de Representantes de Colombia, el 19 de junio de 2021, aprobó el Proyecto de Ley "Por medio de la cual se dictan disposiciones para la transición energética, la dinamización del mercado energético, la reactivación...more