Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 25: Issues for Public Employers with Bertha Enriquez of Renewable Water Resources
Economics of the Energy Transition: Keith Fullenweider on Wharton Business Daily
Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
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
Overcoming Energy Conversion Challenges With Jason Barmann, EPC Power Corp — Battery + Storage Podcast
4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part Three: Unpacking the Power of the IRA: The Potential Game-Changing Opportunities for Utilities
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Nuevos vientos para la energía eólica en Colombia, la apuesta Offshore
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
Brad Gibbs Discusses the Intersection of Renewables and Oil and Gas in Emerging Surface Use Issues
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 15 - Climate Week NYC
Renewable Natural Gas and the Promise of a Cleaner Future
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a decision on August 22, 2024, authorizing the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to procure up to 10.6 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy resources, including up to 7.6...more
In this episode of the Battery + Storage Podcast, host Bill Derasmo speaks with Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDESC). Julia shares her creative background in the energy sector, which has...more
On April 26, 2024, Administrative Law Judge Julie Fitch of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a ruling seeking comments on the use and implementation of a centralized procurement mechanism established in...more
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
The U.S. Department of Treasury on March 22 issued guidance that further defined what qualifies as an “energy community” under the Inflation Reduction Act, clarifying where developers can site projects to qualify for the...more
On February 15, 2024, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued its final decision in an ongoing proceeding concerning the Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) framework for Load-Serving Entities (LSEs) in...more
A three-year effort to revamp California’s moribund community-solar market, spurred by state law and backed by solar industry groups, consumer advocates, environmental-justice organizations, labor unions, and the state’s...more
On January 10, 2024, a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), Judge Julie A. Fitch, issued a Proposed Decision in an ongoing CPUC proceeding concerning the Integrated Resource Planning...more
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts....more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to ease environmental reviews for certain energy storage, solar, and rebuilt or upgraded transmission projects on federal land. Those types of projects — given their limited...more
On October 12, 2023, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) opened a new proceeding, through an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR), to consider various changes to the Resource Adequacy (RA) framework for...more
During its May 18 voting meeting, the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) voted to open a new rulemaking proceeding that will consider improvements to its permitting procedures for electric infrastructure...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or Commission) is weighing party comments on implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 2143. Enacted last year, AB 2143 will take effect on January 1, 2024. This bill extends...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) has uploaded a proposed Order Instituting Rulemaking(OIR) that would revamp the permitting process for siting of electric transmission infrastructure within the state of...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
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
The Biden administration announced initiatives on February 22 to prepare states for floating offshore wind, which some say could revolutionize renewables on the West Coast. The plans from the White House, Department of Energy...more
2023 is set to be a banner year for green hydrogen project development in California thanks to growing government commitment (see a brief timeline of key investments in 2022 below) and increasing demand....more
On October 25, 2022, FERC declined to act on a petition for enforcement against California’s rules for solar installations implemented pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (“PURPA”). As a result, ongoing...more
On September 21, 2022 the California Energy Commission (CEC) issued its draft report of the Lithium Valley Commission, which includes 44 recommendations concerning the opportunities and challenges associated with the...more
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
On August 19, 2022, the California investor-owned utilities filed a joint motion for official notice at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), saying that the recently adopted Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (HR...more
California plan to combat climate change pleases few - PBS – June 24 The California Air Resources Board last Thursday opened a hearing on a plan for the state to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Board staff estimates it...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