In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 -
After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
9/19/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
In June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that U.S. consumers have saved more than $1 billion in upfront costs on their purchase of more than 150,000 clean vehicles since January 1, 2024, thanks to...more
9/10/2024
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Charging Stations ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Energy ,
Infrastructure ,
Popular ,
Public Transportation ,
Renewable Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
Transportation Industry
Energy permitting reform is one of the hottest topics in Congress and state houses nationwide. Federal legislation is building momentum, while parallel efforts at streamlining energy approvals have also emerged at the state...more
8/27/2024
/ Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Interconnections ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Permits ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Lines
In This Issue: Battery and Energy Storage Systems -
2023 was a banner year for energy storage in the United States. Statistics reported by Wood Mackenzie show that in 2023 alone, energy storage deployment across all...more
6/24/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Batteries ,
Clean Energy ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
FERC ,
Mergers ,
Renewable Energy
Since our last quarterly EV Roundup, the Biden Administration has continued to increase investment in EV infrastructure across the United States and support tax credits for the domestic EV industry in its efforts for EVs to...more
Our last quarterly EV Roundup checked in on states’ efforts to deploy a national network of EV charging infrastructure under the National Electric Vehicle Initiative (“NEVI”) and highlighted industry moves to facilitate a...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
The past 6 months have seen a flood of activity in the EV charging space. Since our last update, states have started implementing their electric vehicle deployment plans under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (“BIL’s”)...more
One year after the adoption of New York’s Advanced Building Codes, Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards Act, New York has new minimum energy efficiency standards for products and appliances. The standards, which apply...more
7/18/2023
/ Building Codes ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Green Buildings ,
Natural Gas ,
New York ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sustainability
After a month of hotly debated budget talks, New York passed its 2024 fiscal year budget late Tuesday night, and with it, took a long-awaited step towards decarbonizing New York’s building sector. The budget deal includes...more
A great deal of progress has been made in decarbonizing the power sector through deployment of clean electricity generation technologies such as wind and solar. But other technologies essential to our efforts to combat...more
On July 7, 2022, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) released two detailed Requests for Information (RFI) that preview sweeping updates to its large-scale renewable energy certificate (REC)...more
Today, January 12, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that on February 23, 2022 it will hold a wind energy lease auction for six areas in the New York Bight (NY Bight), the coastal area between Long...more
On December 20, 2021, the Climate Action Council (“Council”) approved the release for public comment of its draft Scoping Plan, which describes how New York can achieve the requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community...more
As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) solicits comments regarding fundamental changes to its regulation of the country’s electricity transmission systems; as the temperature rises in New York State regarding...more
9/17/2021
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Cost-Benefit Analysis ,
Energy Sector ,
New York ,
Public Service Commissions ,
Reliability Standards ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Transmission Lines ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wind Power
The biofuels industry has had a challenging season in the courts. Several weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that had limited EPA’s ability to grant...more
7/30/2021
/ Biofuel ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethanol ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Refineries ,
Renewable Fuel ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
On July 12, 2021, in a landmark utility effort to electrify New York City’s building stock, Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) issued a request for proposals (RFP) for non-pipeline solutions (NPS). NPSs avoid the need for...more
On June 29, 2021, a cohort of New York local governments (including many where large-scale solar projects are currently proposed), community organizations, and avian interest groups filed a lawsuit in the New York State...more
On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. We wrote about...more
6/16/2021
/ Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Justice ,
Final Rules ,
Green Initiatives ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Public Comment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Transportation Industry
In its first such determination, on June 4, 2021, the newly formed New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (“ORES”) determined that several provisions of the Town of Barre’s (Orleans County) local law are...more
Hours before a technical conference on potential future pathways for solar development in New York State, the New York State Department of Public Service (“DPS”) unexpectedly updated the Environmental Value (“E-Value”)...more