On August 12, 2024, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision setting average and maximum targets and timelines for the large electric investor-owned utilities to connect new customers or upgrade...more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
The IRS recently issued private letter ruling (PLR) 107770-22 that involved a normalization issue of first impression, namely, whether payments received by a utility pursuant to an intercompany tax allocation agreement (TAA)...more
Last Tuesday, by a margin of 70% to 30%, Maine voters rejected Question 3, the highest profile issue on the Maine ballot this year. Question 3 was placed on the ballot earlier this year, and under the terms of a fifteen page...more
In Robinson v. Superior Court (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 1144, the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that Southern California Edison (SCE), as an investor-owned public utility, was not required to comply with CEQA in an eminent...more
The UK Government has formally fired the starting gun on the refresh of its approach to economic regulation of the utilities sectors. This: Since the UK left the EU, leveraging the flexibility in policy development that has...more
In May of 2019, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) became law in Washington state and set bold decarbonization and renewable energy mandates for electric utilities. Under CETA, electric utilities in Washington must...more
On December 23, 2020, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an Order (the “Order”) adopting Rules Governing Shared Solar Program, 20 VAC 5-340-10 et seq. (the “Rules”), effective as of January 1,...more
The first major long-duration storage procurement has arrived - Bullet Greentech Media – October 16 - California regulators said this year that the state will need 1 gigawatt of long-duration storage by 2026. But the...more
On Thursday, April 30, McDermott was joined by Brett Kerr, vice president of external affairs at Calpine, Drew Murphy, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Edison International, and Andrew Campbell,...more
McDermott continues to interact with industry leaders to provide the latest market updates on the severe disruption and uncertainty brought on the renewables industry by COVID-19. Joining us on Thursday will be Brett Kerr,...more
Welcome to 2020! It is a new year and with every new year, comes a lot of new: new goals, new diet, new workout routines that leave every part of you sore... In the professional setting, a new year brings a lot of “chores,”...more
In November 2019, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Association (SEPA) hosted the Solar + Storage Midwest Conference. (This conference was formerly named the “Solar Power Midwest”...more
On September 20, 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) filed a Notice of Public Review of the proposed 225 CMR 21.00, the Clean Peak Energy Portfolio Standard regulation. DOER seeks public comment on...more
On July 30, the Washington Utility and Transportation Commission (UTC) and Department of Commerce (Commerce) will initiate the lengthy process of developing administrative rules to implement the newly-enacted Clean Energy...more
The Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Infrastructure team attended the excellent Westminster Energy Environment & Transport Forum conference: ‘England’s water market - investment, innovation, infrastructure and costs for end users’...more
As part of a package of bills aimed at reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, the 2019 Washington State legislature passed legislation that should accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), as well as...more
On May 30, 2019, the California Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) adopted new interim guidelines for electric investor-owned utilities (“IOUs”) with respect to the controversial practice of de-energization of power...more
At its March 14, 2019 voting meeting, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) voted out an Order Instituting Rulemaking (“OIR”) to Implement Senate Bill 237 (“SB 237”) Regarding Direct Access and to Consider...more
On February 26, 2019, Administrative Law Judge Stevens of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision (Proposed Decision) ruling on the applications for programs and investments in energy...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) voted recently to approve $768 million in expenditures for electric vehicle infrastructure programs proposed by the state’s three investor-owned utilities (“IOUs”)....more
Financing energy projects that have entered into PPAs with CCAs presents unique challenges for lenders and investors. Key Points: ..In recent years, CCAs have begun supplying energy to a growing number of consumers in...more
On July 19, 2017, the Illinois Power Agency (“IPA” or “Agency”) issued its Request for Proposals Process and Rules (“RFP Rules”) under which the Agency will solicit fifteen year contracts for the delivery of 1,000,000 ...more
Massachusetts recently became the latest state to adopt an energy storage target, following California’s lead, and recent storage legislation in Nevada and New York....more
This Client Alert continues our reports regarding the Illinois Power Agency’s ("IPA”) on-going implementation of the Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Bill (Public Act 99-0906), which became effective on June 1, 2017. (See prior...more