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Massachusetts DPU Approves Utilities’ Electric Sector Modernization Plans

On August 29, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) issued a highly anticipated order approving the Electric Sector Modernization Plans (“ESMPs”) filed by the three Massachusetts electric distribution...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - August 2024

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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

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Complying With Information Requests: Utility Makes Novel Proposal to “Snitch” on Suspected Cannabis Growers

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Last week, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (the commission) heard an unusual pitch: an electric utility proposed to voluntarily report to law enforcement if residential utility usage suggested illegal marijuana grow...more

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The CAISO Maps Out Transmission Additions Needed to Connect 165 GW of New Resources by 2045

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The second 20-Year Transmission Outlook (2024 Outlook), a planning exercise issued by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on July 31, identifies the transmission upgrades and additions needed to connect a...more

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California's Resource Adequacy Reforms Are Here

The California Public Utilities Commission has reformed its Resource Adequacy program in an effort to ensure a reliable power supply statewide. The Commission recognized significant delays development projects face due to...more

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Texas Supreme Court Issues Electric Opinion on PUC Orders During Winter Storm Uri

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On June 14, 2024, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a pivotal opinion concerning the actions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) during 2021’s Winter Storm Uri. In Public Utility Commission of Texas v....more

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Navigating Maine's Renewable Energy Rate Revisions: Key Insights on PUC Docket No. 2024-00137 and 2024-00149

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The Maine PUC has recently opened two related dockets that will significantly impact the renewable energy industry. The first, Docket No. 2024-00137, is a follow-on docket to the PUC’s Investigation into the Stranded Cost...more

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IRS Rules 3 Utilities Cannot Reduce NOL Carryforwards for Tax Allocation Payments

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Following the initial public release of private letter ruling (PLR) 20242002 as part of a state rate proceeding, on June 28, 2024, the IRS publicly released that ruling, as well as two companion rulings obtained by other...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - May 2024

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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

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Renewable Energy Update 6.06.24

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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

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Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Reform

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Governor Tim Walz recently signed the Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act and amendments to the certificate of need requirements (Permitting Act). The Permitting Act includes significant reforms to streamline...more

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IRS: Use of "Attrition Allowance" to Calculate Rate Base Violates Normalization Consistency Rules

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Consistent with a state commission's existing regulatory policy, a utility's rate base for the first two years of the three-year rate cycle was computed using traditional cost-of-service/rate of return principles....more

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State of Electric Interconnection and Transmission Regulation: Staying Alert to Imminent Developments and Getting Involved -...

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Update: Order No. 2023-A was published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2024. Compliance filings to Order Nos. 2023 and 2023-A are due on May 16, 2023 The electric industry is in the midst of a period of significant...more

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State of Electric Interconnection and Transmission Regulation: Staying Alert to Imminent Developments and Getting Involved

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The electric industry is in the midst of a period of significant growth and change. Last year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued its landmark Order No. 2023 that enacted sweeping reforms to...more

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Community Solar: Major Moves in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California

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During Q1 of 2024, a number of states moved to significantly change whether and how they implement community solar programs, designed to make solar energy more broadly accessible. This includes major proposals regarding...more

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Renewable Energy Update 3.07.24

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS have released final rules on Inflation Reduction Act provisions that aim to expand the reach of the clean energy tax credits. The Act created the new elective pay and...more

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[Event] The Energy Exchange - April 2nd, Columbus, OH

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Join us for Bricker Graydon’s Energy Exchange. The topic of this event will be interconnection reform at PJM, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity, and at the Public...more

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IRS Updates and Modernizes Rules Governing Utility Securitizations

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Since the issuance of Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc.) 2005-62, many utilities have used securitizations authorized by state law to secure collections of stranded costs upon the retirement of certain generation plants or costs...more

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Renewable Energy Update 2.26.24

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California energy regulators, during their meeting on February 15, approved a sweeping plan to reduce the state’s yearly electric sector greenhouse gas emissions to 25 million metric tons by 2035, down nearly 60% compared to...more

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Texas Energy Fund Update

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On November 7, 2023, Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment creating the Texas Energy Fund (“TEF”). The TEF, which will be administered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT”) with assistance from a...more

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Texas Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Major Winter Storm Uri Case

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In February 2021, winter storm Uri hit Texas, causing a sharp spike in electricity demand that could not be satisfied by available generation resources, resulting in statewide blackouts. Commercial, industrial and residential...more

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Court of Appeals affirms “grandfather” rights in Territorial Act renovation dispute

The Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed Georgia Power Company’s “grandfather” rights to provide electric service to a manufacturing/warehouse facility that had been expanded and renovated over the years, but not...more

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FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for December 2023

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Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on December 19th, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more

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FERC December 2023 Open Meeting Preview

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its December Open Meeting on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 (originally scheduled for Thursday, December 21, 2023). The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued...more

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Will AB 50 and SB 410 Actually Result in Faster Electric Service for Data Centers (and Everything Else) in California?

California is in a rush to electrify everything. The rapid conversion of appliances such as furnaces, water heaters, ovens, and dryers from natural gas to electricity and the proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) –...more

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