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Ward and Smith, P.A.

What Landowners Need to Know About Solar Farm Leases in North Carolina

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In 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly established the Renewable Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards ("Standards"), which required that all investor-owned utilities in the state obtain 12.5% of their energy needs from...more

Lewis Roca

[Webinar] Decommissioning And End-Of-Life Considerations For Solar And Wind Projects - December 6th, 9:00 am PT

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First-generation solar and wind projects are quickly reaching the end of their useful lives. At the same time, an unprecedented number of new renewable-energy projects will be installed in the coming years. During this...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Division of Local Services Releases Responses to FAQ on Siting a Renewable Energy Generating Source on Agricultural...

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On December 21, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue’s Division of Local Services (“DLS”) published its revised “FAQs on Classified Forest, Agricultural/Horticultural and Recreational Land G.L. c. 61, 61A and 61B”...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Is a Solar Panel Lease Agreement Right for You?

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It is increasingly common for landowners and building owners (“Owners”) to be approached by a developer (“Developer”) interested in executing a “solar land lease” (“Solar Lease”) or a “solar power purchase agreement” (“Solar...more

Gray Reed

Who Won and Who Didn’t: The 2021 Texas Legislature and Energy

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Most bills filed in each legislative session fail. For the most part we are thankful for that. But today we summarize a few that survived while you weren’t paying attention. ...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Texas Legislature Expands Decommissioning Requirements To Solar Power Facility Agreements With Enactment Of SB 760

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The Texas legislature recently passed Senate Bill 760 (“SB 760”). SB 760, which takes effect on September 1, 2021, relates to the decommissioning of solar power facilities. Under the new law, solar companies must now comply...more

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Increased Landowner Sophistication Ramps Up Lease Negotiations In Texas

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Texas property owners are becoming more knowledgeable on renewable energy as wind and solar projects continue to thrive in the state of Texas. In the early stages of renewable development, leases were not heavily negotiated...more

Allen Matkins

California Landowners and Developers: Western Joshua Tree Incidental Take Permits Now Required

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On September 22, 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission (CFGC) accepted the Center for Biological Diversity's petition to list the Western Joshua Tree (WJT) as a candidate threatened species under the California...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Marcellus Shale Update: 2018, The Year in Review

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2018 began with the United States producing immense amounts of oil and natural gas; pipeline companies struggling to build out the national pipeline system but not being transparent about how they are doing it; Europe, led by...more

Snell & Wilmer

The “Ugly” Property Next Door is Ruining My Property Value

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Traditional bases for private nuisance claims include circumstances where noise, light, vibration, or odor emanating from a neighboring property harm the value of your property. Such bases can be objectively verified and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

UK Government Announces Further Shake-up to RO and FIT Regime for Solar PV

Following the closure of the RO regime to new solar ground mounted projects with a capacity of more than 5MW which were commissioned after 31 March 2015, the government has today announced a further shake-up of the subsidy...more

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