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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents Energy Industry Insights: V 8, Issue 6, June 2024

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

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

New Legislation Authorizes Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to Certify Standalone Battery Energy Storage Systems but Stops...

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

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Electricity Generation/April 8th Solar Eclipse: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Addressing Power Impacts

The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued an April 4th Report titled: April 8 solar eclipse will briefly limit solar electricity generation across the country (“Report”)....more

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Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform Proposals: Congressional Research Service Report

The Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) issued a February 9th report titled: Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform Proposals (“Report”) - The CRS serves as bipartisan shared staff to Congressional committees...more

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Offshore Wind Projects: Contracts, Risks and Looking Forward

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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

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council Proposes Rulemaking to Clarify Contested Case Procedures for Energy Projects

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

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An Update on Utility-Scale Energy Storage Procurements

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This Insight comes to you at the turning of the tide: after a period of increased pricing and supply chain disruptions, we are starting to see a return to reliable supply and declining prices in the battery energy storage...more

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California Energy Commission Releases Draft AB 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan

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The California Energy Commission (CEC), on January 19, 2023, released the long-awaited Draft AB 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan. Offshore wind energy development in federal ocean waters off California’s coast is poised to...more

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DOE Releases Draft Roadmap to Address Interconnection Challenges for Clean Energy Projects

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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

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What IRS’s Low-Income Adder Guidance Means For Renewables Projects

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) breathed new life into the tax scheme for renewable energy projects, creating a new base tax credit with a series of adders that can significantly increase viability of projects...more

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Renewable Energy End-Stage Planning Report

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State Requirements For Decommissioning End-Stage Renewable Energy Projects - What Project Participants Need to Know - The first utility scale wind and solar power projects in the United States were developed in the early...more

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Ohio Extends Clean Energy “Payment in Lieu of Tax” Program for Four Additional Years

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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

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 4, April 2023

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOE Announces Efforts to Address Transmission Development for West Coast Offshore Wind

In February 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Literature Review and Gaps Analysis (“Transmission Review”) aimed at identifying areas where additional transmission...more

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Renewable Energy Update - November 2022 #2

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California adds ambitious targets to revised climate change strategy - KCET – November 17 - The California Air Resources Board has unveiled a new version of its strategy for battling climate change. If adopted by the...more

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Snapshot of Australia’s renewable energy market

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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

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This Week’s Climate Policy Update - October 2022 #3

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

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - October 2022 #2

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FEMA plan sparks fears of renewables slowdown - E&E News – October 12 - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing stricter requirements for renewable installations to withstand natural disasters, prompting...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - October 2022

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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

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - September 2022 #5

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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

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - September 2022 #4

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Governor Newsom signs sweeping climate legislation - ABC News – September 16 - Governor Gavin Newsom on September 16 signed a package of bills to expand California's reliance on clean energy and reduce carbon emissions...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 6, Issue 9

Coal Producer Plans to Create 181 New Jobs in Southwest Virginia Mine Complex - "Coronado Global Resources Inc., an international coal company, is committing $169.1 million toward the effort to increase capacity at its...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2022 #3

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California NEM 3.0: Regulators propose 1-year delay to net metering decision Bullet Renewable Energy World – August 16 California regulators want to take another year to evaluate potential changes to the state's net energy...more

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Renewable Energy Update - August 2022

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - July 2022 #4

[co-author: Leila Fleming] Good evening! This is Akin Gump’s weekly policy newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from this past week and...more

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