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Navigating the New Solar Trade Landscape

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The Biden administration continues to navigate the intricate course between fostering domestic solar manufacturing and countering perceived unfair trade practices by China. In a series of strategic maneuvers, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Navigating the Solarscape: Our Handy Solar Tariffs Cheat Sheet

The solar industry is starting to get whiplash. Over the past year in particular, the industry has experienced a whirlwind of regulatory changes making solar tariffs some of the most complex tariffs in all of U.S. importing...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Wholesale Distribution Service Tariffs For Energy-Storage Facilities Are In The Works For The Northeast

As energy storage facilities (“ESFs”) are developed and deployed in the Northeast, questions about how ESFs will be charged for use of the electric distribution system while participating in wholesale markets have become...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 5.15.24

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to...more

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Reducen tarifas de retención y autorretención para el sector minero e hidrocarburos en Colombia

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El Gobierno Nacional de Colombia modificó mediante el Decreto 0242 de 2024 las tarifas de retención y autorretención aplicables a las empresas del sector minero y de hidrocarburos. Estas modificaciones fueron realizadas con...more

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Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for November 2023

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Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's open meeting to be held on November 16, 2023, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on November 9, 2023....more

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Colombia update – Investors face policy shifts in Colombian Energy Sector

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Investors in the Colombian energy sector are facing evolving challenges, as regulatory actions are being implemented by the Colombian government. Regulatory actions taken by the Colombian government since late 2022 in the...more

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Renewable Energy Update 8.25.23

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Figures from the California Energy Commission (CEC) highlight California’s continued progress toward building a more resilient grid, achieving 100% clean electricity, and meeting the state’s carbon neutrality goals. Analysis...more

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Divided FERC Announces Hands-Off Approach to Capacity Issues in SPP, Raises Questions About Tariff Detail Complaints

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On May 3, 2023, a divided FERC voted 3-1 to deny a widely-supported complaint by multiple utilities in the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”) region arguing that the absence of the new 15% generation Planning Reserve Margin...more

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FERC Institutes Show Cause Proceeding on ComEd’s Formula Rate Protocols

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On March 16, 2023, FERC found that Commonwealth Edison Company’s (“ComEd”) formula rate protocols under the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”) appear to be unjust and unreasonable and...more

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FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Revisions to Locational Deliverability Area Reliability Requirement, Sparks Strong Dissent from...

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On February 21, 2023, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposed tariff revisions governing the Locational Deliverability Area Reliability Requirement (“LDA Reliability Requirement”) calculation, effective...more

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DIAN de Colombia expide segundo concepto general sobre el impuesto nacional al carbono

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El subdirector de normativa y doctrina de la Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) de Colombia, el 26 de enero de 2023, expidió el segundo concepto general sobre el impuesto nacional al carbono, con el cual...more

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FERC Affirms Burden of Persuasion Rests on Proponents of Transmission Asset Classifications under FERC’s Seven-Factor Test,...

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On January 19, 2023, FERC established that a facility’s classification as transmission or distribution under criteria established in the Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) can be...more

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On Rehearing, FERC Upholds Jurisdiction over AECI Emergency Energy Transactions in SPP Market During Winter Storm Uri

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On January 19, 2023, FERC issued an order upholding its decision to exercise primary jurisdiction over emergency energy sales between Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (“SPP”) and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (“AECI”)...more

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FERC Accepts Arizona Public Service Company’s Proposal to Adopt Flowgate ATC Methodology and Denies Its Request to Waive TTC...

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On December 15, 2022, FERC issued an order accepting Arizona Public Service Company’s (“APS”) revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) that would allow APS to begin using the Flowgate Methodology for...more

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FERC Conditionally Accepts PJM Interconnection Reforms for a First-Ready, First-Served Clustered Cycle Approach

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On November 29, 2022, FERC conditionally accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) tariff revisions to transition from a serial first-come, first-served generator interconnection queue process to a first-ready,...more

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CPUC Issues Net Energy Metering Proposed Decision, With Comments Due November 30

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On November 10, 2022, the CPUC issued its long-awaited and reworked net energy metering (NEM) “3.0” proposed decision on a successor tariff. The origin of California’s NEM tariff was to incentivize Californians to install...more

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FERC Sustains Prior Order Approving Revisions to SPP’s Tariff Establishing Uniform Zonal Planning Criteria

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On October 20, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “Commission”) issued an order addressing Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, GridLiance High Plans LLC, and the Indicated SPP Transmission Owners’ (consisting...more

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Green Power and the Protections of Intra-EU Energy Investment

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The tribunal in Green Power v. Kingdom of Spain declined jurisdiction, finding that the parties had not validly consented to arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty. A tribunal seated in Sweden has become the first...more

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Generation Project Developers Agree to Pay Civil Penalties, Disgorge Profits, after FERC Enforcement Investigations

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On June 24th and 27th, 2022 FERC approved two stipulations and consent agreements between FERC’s Office of Enforcement (“Enforcement”) and two separate project developers. First, sPower Development Company, LLC (“sPower...more

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Update: Policies at Cross-Purposes: U.S. Trade Policy Creates Cloudy Picture for Rapid Deployment of Solar Energy

The Biden administration has made the deployment of solar energy a key component of its plans to battle climate change. From utilities to investors to installers, deploying solar energy at such a broad scale presents a number...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Planned Temporary Duty-Free Importation of Solar Cells and Modules from Southeast Asia

On June 6, 2022, the Biden Administration announced its intention to waive collection of antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) duties on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (“CSPV”) cells and modules from...more

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ANH Colombia expide Resolución 400: Actualización Tarifas y Liquidación Derechos Económicos

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La Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos de Colombia el 20 de mayo de 2022 expidió la Resolución 400 de 2022 "Por la cual se actualizan las Tarifas y el Precio Base Po y los Formatos para la liquidación de los Derechos...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC Investigates Five Western Utilities’ Formula Rate Protocols

FERC initiated show-cause proceedings on April 21, 2022, to investigate the justness and reasonableness of the formula rate protocols of five public utility transmission providers in the West....more

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An Analysis of the Auxin Petition and Commerce Investigation and Their Impact on the Solar Industry

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On February 8, 2022, Auxin Solar Inc. filed a petition requesting that the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiate a circumvention investigation into whether imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (CSPs)...more

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