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This alert was originally published on September 19, 2024, and has been revised based on recent developments. Update: On April 29, 2025, US EPA and the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement...more
On March 25, 2025, the University of Southern California’s (USC’s) Public Exchange and independent advisor Solar Aquagrid announced the California Solar Canal Initiative, a seven-university project to assess the...more
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On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (or IRA), which provides significant tax and other incentives for qualifying renewable energy facilities including solar generation facilities. Among...more