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Renewable Energy Update 4.29.24

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The Biden administration on April 25 finalized a rule meant to speed up federal permits for major transmission lines, part of a broader push to expand America’s electric grids. Administration officials are increasingly...more

J.S. Held

Rethinking Energy Reliability with Modern Power Systems

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Utility-scale wind, solar, and battery resources are challenging the way we assess and value system reliability as part of the ongoing Energy Transition process....more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - July 2021 #3

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U.S. Department of Energy targets vastly cheaper batteries to clean up the grid - The New York Times – July 14 - The Energy Department on Wednesday announced a new effort to tackle one of the toughest technical...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

Battery Storage Procurement: It’s the Wild West Out There

As the energy storage industry continues on its trajectory of near-exponential growth, in the course of assisting our clients we are seeing a wide variety of battery energy storage system (BESS) offerings in the market, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 38, October 2020

Noble Energy Shareholders OK $4.1B Sale to Chevron - "The addition of Noble will boost Chevron's U.S. shale oil holdings, making it the No. 2 producer behind EOG Resources, according to data from Rystad Energy." Why this is...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2020 #4

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California power shortfall forces sweeping review of grid reliability strategy - Bullet S&P Global – August 21 - In an August 19 letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, the heads of the California Public Utilities...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2020 #2

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U.S. sitting on 145 GW of unused commercial solar potential, according to new Wood Mackenzie study - Bullet Greentech Media – August 10 - Wood Mackenzie is forecasting a 32 percent drop in commercial solar...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - July 2020 #4

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FERC finalizes PURPA rule reforms - Bullet Power Magazine – July 16 - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has finalized a long-awaited rule revising regulations that govern qualifying small power producers...more

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Renewable Energy Update - July 2020 #3

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Largest U.S. battery resource connects to CAISO grid, signaling next phase in California's storage growth - Bullet Utility Dive – July 14 - The largest battery storage resource in the country was connected to the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Takeaways from the 2019 Solar + Storage Midwest Conference for the Ohio Solar Sector

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In November 2019, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Association (SEPA) hosted the Solar + Storage Midwest Conference. (This conference was formerly named the “Solar Power Midwest”...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Increasing Energy Access through Off-Grid Solutions

One billion people around the world currently live without access to electricity, and many more do not have a reliable energy source. Until recently, energy consumers relied almost exclusively on centralized grid...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

The Energy Revolution of 2018: A look at Ohio’s energy storage landscape

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2018 has already been heralded a landmark year for energy storage. And for good reason. Both regulatory and economic trends indicate the rapid continued growth of energy storage deployment nationwide in 2018 and beyond. ...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Blockchain in Energy – Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Go From Here?

For all the publicity generated by the recent increase in value of Bitcoin, as well as the generally increasing awareness of the existence of blockchain technology, the recent Blockchain in Energy Forum 2018 held in New York...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Batteries and Solar Might Be Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter

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Currently, the largest operating solar energy facility in Oregon is the 56 megawatt Gala Solar facility near Prineville, which generates electricity for Apple. But homegrown Oregon developer Obsidian Renewables has plans for...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Blockchain Technology Could be Key to Smarter Energy Grid

The same technology underlying the efficiency of bitcoin transactions and largely responsible for the online currency’s success could be the key to developing a smarter energy grid. Blockchain, a shared, encrypted ledger...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - September 2017 #4

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Renewable Energy Focus - Tariffs could make California solar pricier, cost thousands of jobs - KPCC - Sep 25 - Last Friday, U.S. International Trade Commission officials unanimously agreed that two American solar...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Dismisses Electric Cooperatives’ Maryland Community Solar Program PURPA Case as Premature

On November 15, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order dismissing a petition for declaratory filed by two Maryland electric cooperatives requesting a FERC finding that regulations governing...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2016 #4

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Renewable Energy Focus - San Bernardino County rejects a controversial solar power plant proposed for the Mojave Desert - Los Angeles Times - Aug 24 - The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2016 #2

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Renewable Energy Focus - California's regional electricity grid plan on hold - Los Angeles Times - Aug 8 - Governor Jerry Brown’s plan for a regional electricity grid is being put on hold this year, and...more

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Renewable Energy Update - March 2015 #2

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Renewable Energy Focus: California renewable energy zone plan gets revamp after criticism - Reuters - Mar 13: An ambitious plan to put California's renewable energy projects in areas where the environment will face the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Energy Storage Update: 2014 California Storage RFO

Orrick and Clean Energy Pipeline have launched a series of reports dedicated to exploring investment opportunities and challenges in the global renewable energy sector. In the first issue, we analyzed the investment...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CPUC Clears the Way for Solar Battery Systems

Now that solar panels have popped up on roofs across California, one of the next challenges for unlocking their potential and integrating the energy that they produce into the grid is the development of batteries that can...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CPUC Mandates Energy Storage

In October 2013, The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) responded to the exceptional growth in the state’s demand for solar power with an energy storage mandate – the first of its kind in the US – that requires...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update -- October 28, 2013.

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Renewable Energy Focus -- California must add 1.3 gigawatts of power storage by 2020 - Bloomberg Renewable Energy News - Oct 18: California regulators today voted unanimously to require the state’s utilities to...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update -- September 30, 2013.

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Renewable Energy Focus - California renewables rise and the grid survives: Earth Techling - Sep 25 -- Forecasts of doom for the California power grid have been popping up since the state began its aggressive pursuit of...more

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