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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Energy Horizons: Disaccoppiamento del prezzo dell’energia da quello del gas: quali impatti sulle rinnovabili?

This podcast, available in Italian only, discusses why energy prices are linked to the gas’s price even when electricity is not produced using gas, as well as options for decoupling the energy and the gas market and how this...more

Downey Brand LLP

PG&E Proposes Significant Rates Increases for Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Customers

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PG&E intends to increase average electric rates for its agricultural, commercial, and industrial customers between 7 and 25 percent starting in 2023, with a corresponding increase in average gas rates of up to approximately 4...more

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Mainers Opposing Clean Renewable Energy? What’s Wrong?

Mainers are generally regarded as an environmentally sensitive and enlightened populace. The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Democratic Lawmakers Seek FERC’s Rejection of Net Metering Proposal

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Democratic lawmakers recently submitted a letter urging the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a petition for declaratory order filed by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that could impact state-run...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

My Business is Using Less Power Due to COVID-19; Why is My Electric Bill So High? Things You Can Do to Lower Your Bill

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If your business is closed or partially shut down, but your power bill is still high, your supplier might be charging you for power you didn’t use! ...more

Clark Hill PLC

What a Business Needs to Understand About its Electric Utility Bill During the COVID-19 Emergency

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Trying to understand your electric utility bill can be a frustrating experience. It can be full of abbreviations and multiple line-item charges for energy, demand, system access, energy efficiency, power supply cost recovery,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Dome Report - 2020 West Virginia Legislature Updates, Issue 3

The 2020 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature recently passed the one-third mark and, as of this writing, the House has introduced 1155 bills, while the Senate introduced 656. We will continue reporting on and...more

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Demand Response and Advanced Metering: 2019 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Staff Report

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued on December 11th a staff report titled: 2019 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering (“Report”)...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Preserve Retail Competition

Proposals to eliminate competition in retail electric supply to consumers are in the air. A consultant to the Massachusetts attorney general has just published an update to a report of last year asserting that retail...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2019 #2

New Sulfur Caps for Shipping Fuels Will Help Make the Shale Boom Even Bigger "Now the shale revolution will help shippers across the world comply with the International Maritime Organization's 2020 standards, called "IMO...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2018 #5

Gas Drilling Not Damaging Forests' Waterways, State Finds - "Pennsylvania's state forests agency says it isn't finding damage to waterways amid the expansion of natural gas drilling in recent years, although it is reporting...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Update on Electricity Rate Relief Program for Ontario Businesses

The expansion of Ontario’s Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) to provide electricity rate relief to more businesses comes into effect on January 1, 2017. Businesses who want to participate in the expanded ICI program...more

Sullivan & Worcester

The Future of Electricity Markets? Corporations Directly Buying Renewable Power

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An increasing number of corporations are directly buying from (or building) clean electricity sources. For decades most Fortune 1000 companies did little more than seek to manage costs as they bought electricity and fuel....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Legal Battle Over Energy Savings Continues to Simmer

Each month, electric bills arrive like clockwork. For large commercial and industrial businesses, especially those that are energy-intensive, these electric bills can represent a sizeable portion of a business’s monthly...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on FERC Demand Response Policy

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 ("EPAct 2005") established a national policy to encourage reliable and affordable demand response services. Demand response refers to the ability of retail electric customers to reduce or shift...more

King & Spalding

SENER Publishes Mexican Wholesale Electricity Market Protocols

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In a major step toward the implementation of a modern and competitive wholesale electricity market in Mexico (the "Wholesale Market"), on September 8, 2015 the Secretaría de Energía ("SENER") published the first set of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FERC Seeks to Expand Electricity Market Surveillance with New Data Reporting Requirements

On September 17, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to expand the obligations of Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Italy: Administrative Court Refers Feed-in Tariff Reductions to the Constitutional Court

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On June 23, the Regional Administrative Court of Latium (TAR Lazio) finally handed down its decision to refer the question of the constitutional legitimacy of Article 26, paragraph 3 of D.L 91/2014 (the spalma-incentivi) to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Hawaii Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal and Opens the Door to Community Solar

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Electricity on the island state of Hawaii will come 100% from renewable resources by 2045, pursuant to new legislation. The plan will end Hawaii’s current reliance on imported fuel oil which Governor Ige has said currently...more

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