Polsinelli Podcast - Hot Energy Trends in 2014 by Polsinelli
Welcome to the seventh 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. There are less than six months left for companies formed before January 1, 2024 to file their initial beneficial owner report...more
Solar is booming in the United States as power demand surges, outpacing the growth of any other electricity source and disproving claims that the energy transition is a failure. To be sure, solar remains a small portion of...more
California’s utilities regulator on May 30 adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will undercut efforts to expand solar power options for lower-income...more
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) to prospective renewable energy companies interested in collaborating with New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop renewable energy...more
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) last Thursday asked federal regulators for permission to cancel its annual interconnection study process for any interconnection requests submitted this year so it can deal...more
New York released a new offshore wind solicitation last Thursday, seeking proposals for offshore wind and land-based renewable projects. The solicitations will support New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Nov. 17, 2023, released long-awaited proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) regarding the investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code. Section...more
Late last week, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Department of the Treasury released the long-awaited proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) relating to investment tax credits under Section 48 of the Code...more
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Wyoming last week to celebrate work on the 732-mile TransWest Express Transmission project. The line will add 3,000 MW of transmission...more
NEXT Energy Technologies Inc. has received $3 million in funding under the California Energy Commission’s Realizing Accelerated Manufacturing and Production for Clean Energy Technologies program, to be applied toward NEXT’s...more
The federal review of a key transmission line to connect commercial-scale solar projects in Nevada to millions of households has been delayed by months over concerns about a likely route across a national monument designed to...more
Last Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a plan that will set the state on a course to adding 86,000 MW of new resources to the grid by 2035. That amounts to “more than a doubling of the...more
In order to obtain and maintain a green real estate loan, the loan recipient must construct or renovate existing buildings to have minimal impact on the environment. The ultimate goal for green architecture is to achieve a...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved three energy project contracts proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), as well as four contracts proposed by Southern California Edison (SCE), that will...more
California utility regulators on Thursday approved major changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels in the...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a September 9th report titled: In the First Half of 2022, 24% of U.S. Electricity Generation Came from Renewable Sources (“Report”) ...more
On August 16, President Biden signed into law the much-anticipated Inflation Reduction Act. The Act includes numerous clean energy, decarbonization, and climate-related provisions. ...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
FERC plans to accelerate grid connection to new power generation T&D World – June 17 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week issued a proposed role on solving “significant current backlogs” in grid...more
Less than two weeks ago, EPA released an updated version of their “RE-Powering Mapper” tool – How to Identify Sites | US EPA – EPA’s Re-Powering Mapper Tool provides information on over 190,000 contaminated lands, landfills,...more
Record year in 2020 for wind turbine installation in the U.S. - North American Windpower – January 3 - In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) announced in a July 28th article that: - Renewables Became the Second-Most Prevalent U.S. Electricity Source in 2020 (“Article”)...more
The Mexican President’s preferential Bill to Reform the Electricity Industry Law has passed both Houses of the Mexican Congress without changes and is now applicable law (the Reformed Electricity Law or the Law). As we...more
President Andres Manuel López Obrador has sent to the House of Representatives a preferential bill to reform the Electricity Industry Law, which Congress will be required to discuss in the next 60 days....more
California leading push for renewable power - Bullet KPBS – October 26 - The use of renewable energy is surging in California. A new report from Environment California Research shows that there has been a huge jump in...more