Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Power, Privacy, and Protection: Unpacking Security Challenges in the Energy Sector - Energy Law Insights
Duke Develops Flexible Energy Storage Options to Enhance Reliability and Maximize Value With Laurel Meeks, Duke Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Podcast - Carbon Markets Lightning Round: State and Federal Updates
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
Decoding Battery Analytics With Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of ACCURE Battery Intelligence — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Vital Importance of Pipeline and Transmission Infrastructure to Decarbonization - Energy Law Insights
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Advancing Eco-Friendly Battery Recycling With Storm Energia — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
New Opportunities for Boosting Grid Security
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
California will solicit up to 2 GW of long-duration energy storage resources as part of a 10.6 GW centralized procurement for emerging clean energy technologies to be deployed between 2031 and 2037, the California Public...more
California has given America a glimpse at what running one of the world’s largest economies on renewable energy might look like. The state recently hit a milestone: 100 days this year with 100% carbon-free, renewable...more
Conflicting Energy Demands and Policies Create Significant Future Challenges - Two noteworthy articles highlight how conflicting energy requirements are posing significant challenges for regional and national energy...more
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) oversees the siting of large-scale energy facilities like wind and solar power projects, which often include an associated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). BESS is a...more
On June 15, 2023, the Government of British Columbia announced BC Hydro was proceeding with a call for new sources (the Call to Power) of 100 percent clean, renewable emission-free electricity from large-scale projects,...more
An article about offshore wind projects and some of the unique issues specific to the delivery of this type of project that are not typically addressed by existing standard form contracts. Originally published in PLC...more
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC or the Council), which oversees the siting of large-scale energy facilities including wind and solar power projects, voted late last month to initiate rulemaking to clarify...more
According to its Electricity Supply Plan 2023-2032 submitted to the Régie de l'énergie at the end of 2022, Hydro-Québec expects growth in electricity demand to continue in Quebec in the next decade by an additional 25...more
On October 25, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) released a draft roadmap addressing challenges to the interconnection of clean energy projects to the transmission grid. The roadmap, developed by the Interconnection...more
Legislature Adds Flexibility on In-State Workforce Requirement - On June 30, 2023, the Ohio General Assembly passed the state operating budget (HB 33), which contains a 4-year extension of the Payment in Lieu of Tax...more
The Cost of "Electrification" “Electrification” has become a ubiquitous term these days, although depending on who you ask, it might have different meanings. However defined, a critical component of electrification as a...more
After many years of limited action on climate change, a change in federal government has seen Australia set a target to reduce emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. In its first budget the...more
As the Department of Energy rolls out its historic H2Hubs program, the department will be accepting concept papers for the program centered on the production, storage and use of clean hydrogen through November 7. The...more
U.S. proposal would permit eagle deaths as renewables expand - Associated Press – September 29 - The Biden administration on September 29 proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines, and other...more
DOE opens $7B hydrogen hub funding opportunity Bullet Utility Dive – September 23 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accepting applications for $7 billion in funding to develop at least a half dozen regional clean...more
U.S. storage providers increasingly use price arbitrage strategies to maximize income: EIA - Utility Dive – August 3 - Utility-scale energy storage in the U.S. grid rose from 1.4 GW at the end of 2020 to 4.6 GW last year,...more
Clean energy power line from Arizona to California approved for construction The Center Square – July 15 The U.S. Department of Interior has approved the start of construction of a 125-mile transmission line project spanning...more
State considers more aggressive goals for offshore wind development Bullet Eureka Times-Standard – July 2 Last Monday, the California Energy Commission held a workshop regarding potentially advancing higher offshore wind...more
On June 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 205 (“AB 205”), which, among various other things, expands the siting jurisdiction of the California Energy Commission (“CEC”) to include non-thermal...more
California faces summer blackouts from climate extremes Bullet Scientific American – May 23 For the next five summers, available electricity supplies might not be able to keep up with demand if heat waves hit, droughts make...more
Governor Newsom floats 5 GW, $5.2B ‘reliability reserve’ amid possible electricity shortfalls Bullet Utility Dive – May 17 Governor Gavin Newsom has earmarked $5.2 billion in a revised budget proposal released Friday to fund...more
California considers 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030 Bullet Utility Dive – May 10 California energy regulators are considering a preliminary planning goal of 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030, and somewhere between 10 GW and 15 GW...more
California grid reaches record 97.6% renewable share - Renew Economy – April 19 - California has set a new record of 97.6% instantaneous renewables on its grid, marking a major new milestone on the way to a carbon free grid...more
California takes step toward first offshore wind farm on West Coast Bullet Courthouse News Service – April 7 The California Coastal Commission last Thursday voted unanimously to pave the way for the West Coast’s first...more
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that its third solicitation with a capacity target of 1,200 megawatts for New Jersey’s offshore wind (OSW) development will now be released by January 2023, instead...more