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Tax Issues for Co-location of Energy Storage with Solar or Wind
The Balancing Act of Battery Chemistry With George Kuo, Canadian Solar - Battery + Storage Podcast
Interview with American Solar and Storage Guru Who Happens to Live in Shanghai: Andy Klump, CEO of Clean Energy Associates - Battery + Storage Podcast
Energy Horizons: Developing solar in Italy – key insights and practical market considerations
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Virginia Energy Regulation Update - Battery + Storage Podcast (Episode 7)
Energy & Infrastructure: Renewables Driving Change in the Investment Landscape
Pepper Hamilton Higher Education "In Brief" Series: Renewable Energy Trends and Opportunities for College and Universities
[WEBINAR] Building a Solar Energy Project in 2018
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California will solicit up to 2 GW of long-duration energy storage resources as part of a 10.6 GW centralized procurement for emerging clean energy technologies to be deployed between 2031 and 2037, the California Public...more
Analyst Wood Mackenzie expects the U.S. community solar sector to add 7.3 GW of new capacity by 2029, which would push the total cumulative installed community solar capacity to above 14 GW, according to a recent report...more
As California works toward its ambitious clean energy vision, an almost counterintuitive challenge has emerged: The state is, at times, generating more solar energy than it can handle. According to data from California’s...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
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts....more
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
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its November Open Meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice issued November 9, 2023 indicates FERC’s intent to act on several...more
On October 19, 2023, FERC issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop or modify reliability standards to address reliability concerns attributable to inverter-based resources...more
New York State announced this week what it is calling the largest state investment in renewable energy with the conditional awards including three of the country’s largest proposed offshore wind farms as well as 22 land-based...more
The California State Senate has passed Senate Bill 605, which directs the California Energy Commission to evaluate the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using wave energy and tidal energy in the state, sending the bill to...more
On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”), in Solar Energy Industries Association v. FERC, held that the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (“PURPA”) gives FERC broad discretion...more
Balch partners Audrey Momanaee, Chris Still and Jesse Unkenholz discussed key considerations and legal issues associated with the development of renewable energy and storage projects at the Association of Corporate Counsel...more
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has supercharged global interest in U.S. battery storage, forcing companies to change their approach to the market. We look at how this generational legislation is driving growth and...more
The type of floating wind turbines needed to harness California’s blustery coastal conditions are rare — most turbines are affixed to the ocean floor — posing a technically challenging yet alluring opportunity for innovation...more
In a win for independent power producers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit" or the "Court") recently affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC's") "send-out"...more
Yesterday, February 14, 2023, the D.C. Circuit issued an order affirming FERC’s order in Broadview Solar, LLC, 174 FERC 61,199 (2021) and its “send-out” approach to determining the net power production capacity of a...more
U.S. residential solar market in growth mode, although market changes lie ahead - PV-Tech – October 27 - The U.S. residential solar market saw its fifth consecutive record for both customer additions and quarterly...more
U.S. homeowners add rooftop solar at record pace to cut power bills Bullet The Orange County Register – August 29 U.S. households will install a record amount of solar this year to help slash electricity bills, according to a...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) to address industry concerns that FERC’s current Uniform System of Accounts (“USofA”) does not...more
On July 28, 2022, FERC proposed changes to its Uniform System of Accounts (“USofA”) in response to the growth of non-hydro renewable generation such as wind, solar, and storage and codify accounting for renewable energy...more
On July 15, 2022, a FERC Administrative Law Judge (“Presiding Judge”) issued an initial decision in a proceeding involving the “threshold” issue of whether four solar generating facilities (collectively, “Facilities”)...more
Electric transmission planning processes have not been able to keep pace with demand for interconnection service, leaving over 1,000 gigawatts (GW) of generation and 400 GW of storage stranded in the nation’s interconnection...more
On June 24, 2022, FERC issued orders approving settlement agreements resolving two investigations. The first involves whether a renewable generation developer, sPower Development Company, violated PJM Interconnection LLC's...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
FERC issued two notable orders this spring in Irradiant Partners, LP (Docket No. EL22-8-000) and Dalreed Solar (Docket No. QF20-1037-002) that provide further guidance on qualifying facility (QF) certifications. Here are the...more