On May 29, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court (voting 8-0, with Justice Gorsuch recused) held that federal agencies need not consider the environmental effects of “upstream” and “downstream” projects that are separate in time or...more
On May 13, 2025, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”) released a draft Index Storage Credit Request for Proposals (ISCRFP25-1) for bulk energy storage projects (the “Draft...more
5/19/2025
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New York State continues to advance its bulk energy storage deployment efforts, and a final Bulk Storage Implementation Plan is now likely to be made public before the end of April—with procurements set to begin by June 30,...more
On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (“ORES”) issued its much-anticipated draft regulations concerning the environmental review, permitting, and...more
1/7/2025
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After years of regulatory proceedings and planning, and following the New York Public Service Commission (the “PSC”)’s June 2024 Order Establishing Updated Energy Storage Goal and Deployment Policy (the “June 2024 Order”),...more
What changes to New York’s renewable energy programs are coming down the pike? Public comments filed with the New York Public Service Commission (the “Commission”) concerning the Commission’s Draft Biennial Review of the...more
10/16/2024
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Intended to help expedite transmission siting to facilitate achievement of the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA”) goals, the RAPID Act makes several significant structural changes to New York’s...more
5/9/2024
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On May 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) released a preliminary list of potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (“NIETCs”), representing another step forward in DOE’s efforts to effectuate...more
At FERC’s March 2024 Open Meeting, the Commissioners announced a new cooperative effort between FERC and the states: the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative (“Current Issues Collaborative”)....more
Early last week, the New York State Senate and Assembly released their “one-house” budget bills, which include their own version of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment, or RAPID, Act proposed...more
Earlier today, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced provisional winners of its offshore wind energy lease sale for five areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off central and northern California...more
Among the panoply of clean energy-related programs currently being implemented under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), one in particular – for which a solicitation is set to issue soon – will infuse...more
On July 5, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act (the “Act”), a bill which amends New York State’s Public Service Law to authorize the State’s utilities to own and operate...more