On May 16, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-41, which modifies Notice 2023-38 (Prior Guidance) by expanding the list of Applicable Projects (defined below) to...more
On June 15, 2023, the Government of British Columbia announced BC Hydro was proceeding with a call for new sources (the Call to Power) of 100 percent clean, renewable emission-free electricity from large-scale projects,...more
On March 11, 2024, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a notice of request for proposals for energy storage projects pursuant to Public Act 21-53. DEEP is seeking to procure...more
Welcome to the second 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. Business today is characterized by relentless change. To assist our clients in navigating this dynamic landscape, we pride...more
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing 20 major renewable energy projects — mostly solar — across the West that would cover as much as 193,000 acres of federal land, and generate 13,845 MW of electricity, or enough...more
According to its Electricity Supply Plan 2023-2032 submitted to the Régie de l'énergie at the end of 2022, Hydro-Québec expects growth in electricity demand to continue in Quebec in the next decade by an additional 25...more
On January 11, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) held virtual stakeholder meetings to receive public comment on the MassDEP’s suggested options for strengthening the ability of the...more
The Biden administration is putting almost $3.5 billion into improving the strength and resiliency of the U.S. electric grid, government officials said on Wednesday. The money is coming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,...more
The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state’s power supply while...more
On September 11, 2023, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) formally launched an inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly, and efficient development of electricity generation in the province (“Inquiry”)....more
The first "Long-Term Decarbonization Power Source Auction" (the "Auction") is expected to start in Japan in January 2024. The Auction will provide a 20-year fixed revenue for newly developed power sources that contribute to...more
Renewable energy projects share many of the same characteristics as traditional construction projects. To some extent, the approach to managing risk from a legal perspective will therefore be familiar. However, in other ways,...more
The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal "green bank" for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations, and community cooling centers....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
United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington) introduced on June 12th legislation titled: Hydropower Clean energy Future Act (“Act”)...more
El pasado 14 de junio se ha publicado en el BOE el Real Decreto 445/2023, de 13 de junio, por el que se modifican los anexos i, ii y iii de la ley 21/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de evaluación ambiental, anexos relativos a...more
Hydrogen can play a vital role in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, and momentum for it has never been stronger. Both governments and companies see the enormous potential of low-carbon hydrogen for storing energy,...more
The development of hydrogen fueling infrastructure across the United States will need to keep pace with the projected production and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The Biden administration has made significant...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two separate programs that together will award nearly $600 million to fund hydroelectric power and advance marine energy. The DOE will award $554 million through...more
On May 4, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing titled “Hearing to Conduct Oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.” This alert provides a high-level summary of the discussion....more
Seems like just yesterday that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on New England Clean Energy Connect's challenge to the retroactive initiative petition that might have killed the project to get hydropower from Canada to...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
President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for 2024 includes billions of dollars spread across federal agencies to combat climate change, with a bulk of the investment going toward boosting conservation and disaster resilience,...more
2022 was an active year for the hydropower industry, and as 2023 begins, it’s appropriate to review last year’s highlights and forecast the anticipated trends to continue this year. ...more
On October 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced three new funding opportunities to support research and development projects for hydropower infrastructure in the United States. The funding totals $28...more