Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Economics of the Energy Transition: Keith Fullenweider on Wharton Business Daily
Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Overcoming Energy Conversion Challenges With Jason Barmann, EPC Power Corp — Battery + Storage Podcast
4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part Three: Unpacking the Power of the IRA: The Potential Game-Changing Opportunities for Utilities
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Nuevos vientos para la energía eólica en Colombia, la apuesta Offshore
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 15 - Climate Week NYC
Renewable Natural Gas and the Promise of a Cleaner Future
As detailed previously, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers incentives to renewable energy development that takes place on certain properties that are affected by potential or confirmed contamination. Under the IRA, a...more
With an unprecedented momentum for the construction of new major projects linked to the shift away from fossil fuels and the development of a low-carbon economy, there is a real focus on construction law issues relevant to...more
It is now almost 18 months since Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act. One of the IRA’s provisions was an adder to the ITC for renewable energy projects located in an “energy community”. One way to be in an energy...more
The IRS on June 15, 2023, updated its energy community bonus guidance by issuing Notice 2023-45 and Notice 2023-47. The IRS also recently issued energy community bonus guidance in Notice 2023-29. (For a summary of Notice...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 Office released a June 7th news release describing three Arkansas recipients of brownfield grants. The State of Arkansas is in EPA’s Region 6....more
On April 4, 2023, the IRS and the Treasury issued Notice 2023-29 (the “Notice”) announcing an intention to propose regulations, and providing interim guidance, with respect to the requirements that taxpayers must satisfy in...more
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been called the most aggressive climate investment ever undertaken by the U.S. Congress. With approximately $370 billion dollars in funding over the next 10 years, it is projected that...more
Initial guidance for the bonus credit amount for renewable energy projects located in “energy communities” answers numerous questions about how to prove a project qualifies for extra tax credits. The guidance—which is in...more
The Notice enables developers and investors to more easily determine the Energy Community status of projects. Key Points: ..The IRS and the Treasury Department have provided tables to assist in determining eligibility...more
Tucked away in the recesses of the Inflation Reduction Act is a provision that reminds everyone why they love Superfund so much. On its face, it’s simply an incentive for renewable energy development, giving an adder to the...more
Gov. Kathy Hochul released proposed amendments to both the Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) and the Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Program this week, in connection with her FY 2023 Executive Budget proposal. The proposal...more
Building on the progress from the 2020 legislative session and the passage of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), the Virginia General Assembly passed several important pieces of legislation affecting the solar and energy...more
Please join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys and Mike Foley, Director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability, for a discussion on the Brooklyn solar project, Ohio's first solar project to be constructed at a...more
Energy-Related CO2 Emissions ‘Flatlined’ Last Year, IEA Says, Raising Hopes About Climate - "Global emissions remained at approximately 33 gigatonnes in 2019 despite the world economy growing by 2.9%, the IEA said." ...more
Romney Helps GOP Look for New Path on Climate Change - "But a group of Republicans -- Romney and Sens. Lamar Alexander and Lindsey Graham, who worked with Democrats in 2009 and 2010 to cap carbon emissions, as well as others...more
Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. ...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which President Trump signed on March 23, 2018, includes 2,300 pages of appropriations and priorities for the operation of the federal government over the next fiscal year. It also...more
On March 21, the Illinois Commerce Commission (“ICC”) publicly approved certain results from the Illinois Power Agency’s (“IPA”) Spring 2018 First Procurement of solar Renewable Energy Credits (“RECs”) from utility-scale...more
Harbor Environmental and Pulaski County, Arkansas jointly sponsored a November 15th seminar held in North Little Rock, Arkansas addressing a variety of Arkansas Brownfield issues...more
The U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) on November 30th passed amendments that would address the federal Brownfield program. H.R. 3017 is titled the “Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and...more
Under the Brownfields Law of 2002, EPA and other federal agencies have established a variety of programs focused on promoting and funding the repurposing of abandoned mine lands (AMLs), broadly defined as lands, waters, and...more
When Robert Klee took over as Connecticut’s Commissioner of Energy and Environmental protection in 2014, he viewed his role as that of an implementer. As he indicated when he took over two years ago, it was his job to take...more
“Greenfield” utility-scale renewable energy projects have generated both considerable praise and criticism. Government agencies and the public generally applaud efforts to generate renewable energy, while at the same time,...more
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently issued draft regulations for the second phase of its solar renewable energy certificate program, known as “SREC II”. The aim of the SREC II program is to...more