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Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Reform

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Governor Tim Walz recently signed the Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act and amendments to the certificate of need requirements (Permitting Act). The Permitting Act includes significant reforms to streamline...more

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Community Solar: Major Moves in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California

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During Q1 of 2024, a number of states moved to significantly change whether and how they implement community solar programs, designed to make solar energy more broadly accessible. This includes major proposals regarding...more

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Electric Storage Resource Growth and Deployment: A Tale of Two Markets

In recent years, the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) have experienced rapid growth and deployment of utility-scale and distributed electric storage...more

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Update on Alberta's Renewables Pause: Expert Recommendations Provided on Module A Land Impact Issues

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The Alberta Utilities Commission's (AUC) government-directed inquiry regarding the key issues of concern with renewable power projects in Alberta (the Inquiry) is underway. The focus of this post is Module A....more

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The Texas Energy Fund Becomes Law. Now What?

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On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, Texas voters approved Proposition 7, a constitutional amendment creating the Texas Energy Fund (“TEF”). The TEF will provide electric infrastructure grant and loan programs established by Senate...more

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California Is Paving the Way for Offshore Wind

The California coast is home to some of the best offshore wind resources in the country. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that California's coast has a resource potential of 201,000 megawatts (MW) of...more

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Commission Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Decision in Transportation Electrification (TE) Proceeding, Setting a Framework for...

On October 14, 2022, the assigned Commissioner (Rechtschaffen) issued a proposed decision (PD) on Transportation Electrification Policy and Investment in the pending rulemaking (R.) 18-12-006 before the California Public...more

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No Complaint to Complaint Based Regulation: Alberta Utilities Commission Decision 26717-D01-2022

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On March 2, 2022, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) issued a decision exempting Calgary District Energy Inc. (CDHI) and the Downtown District Energy Centre (DDEC) from certain provisions of the Public Utilities Act and...more

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California Communications Infrastructure Update: A Look Ahead at Potential Regulatory Developments in 2022

As explained in our earlier post, we expect the substantial pace of regulatory developments related to communications infrastructure in California to continue in 2022. Additionally, changes at the California Public Utilities...more

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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Further Defines Qualifying Alternative Energy Sources

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Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS Act) requires that a certain percentage of the electric energy that electric distribution companies (EDCs) and electric generation suppliers (EGSs) sell to...more

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Texas Bills Would Burden Renewable Generation

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The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation businesses....more

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Anti-Renewables Legislative Proposals in Texas

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There are several state legislative proposals in Texas that could have adverse impacts on the development and operation of renewable energy projects in Texas....more

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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Rules Two Municipal Permitting Fees Are Preempted by State Law

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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Code (Code) gives the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) extensive authority to regulate public utilities in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that the General...more

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Phase 2 of the Moratorium on Utility Shut-offs in Pennsylvania Extended

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On February 19, 2021, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the fourth 90-day renewal of his Proclamation of Disaster Declaration for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Significantly for Pennsylvania public utilities ...more

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Regulating Troubled or Failing Monopolies: Ordering One Public Utility to Acquire Another

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One of the traditional reasons for government intervention in the marketplace is market failure. A classic example of a market failure is a natural monopoly such as a public utility. Most economists agree that government...more

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The DAS Networks Fault Line: A Coming Earthquake in Pennsylvania Administrative Law?

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On July 21, 2020, a unanimous Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued its decision in Crown Castle NG East LLC and Pennsylvania-CLE LLC v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 2 MAP 2019 (July 21, 2020). Reversing the...more

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In Party-Line Vote, the Pennsylvania PUC Continues the Moratorium on Utility Terminations

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On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted 2-2 to maintain the PUC’s moratorium on utility terminations while Governor Tom Wolf’s Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (the...more

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Ohio House Public Utilities Committee unveils H.B. 246

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On May 28, 2020, the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee adopted a substitute bill for H.B. 246 (Vitale). Previously, the legislation was a placeholder declaring the intent to adopt reforms and modernization of the Public...more

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Using Green Bonds to get Environmentally Driven Investors

Part 2 of a PublicCEO Series on Using Green Bonds to Advance Community Sustainability - The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission issued two series of green bonds last spring that collectively raised over $408 million...more

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Borough of Phoenixville – Partial Sale of Water System

On December 4, 2019, the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County (“Borough”) closed on the sale of a portion of its water system to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Aqua”) for $3.46 million.  Importantly, the Borough will retain...more

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Legislative review and 2020 legislative and electoral preview

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With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Please find here a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary...more

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California Supreme Court Incommodes Wireless Access to Rights of Way

Amidst the ongoing power struggle between communications service providers striving for unfettered access to rights-of-way to place their facilities, and municipalities working to protect their authority over such...more

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Continued Efforts to Bolster Wireless Infrastructure as California Officials Brace for Wildfire Season

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California has been plagued by devastating wildfires over the past two summers, with the 2018 Camp Fire the deadliest and most destructive on record. Now that summer has officially started in 2019, officials are bracing for a...more

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California Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Local Aesthetic Regulation of Telecommunications Infrastructure

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Local governments may require a permit conditioned on compatibility with aesthetic standards to install and maintain wireless communications infrastructure in the public right-of-way, the California Supreme Court held in...more

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Recent Developments in State Regulatory Approaches to Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

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Thanks to better technology and lower costs, fuel efficient electric vehicles (EVs) are on the move in nearly every state in the country. EVs have sparked what some believe will be a transportation sector transformation. And...more

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