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The Nexus of Transmission and Storage: A Conversation With American Transmission Company GC and Executive VP Bill Marsan - Battery + Storage Podcast
H2Oklahoma: Interview With Secretary Ken Wagner - Reflections on Water Podcast
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How the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Affects Texas
Rethinking Global Supply Chain Resiliency & Efficiency
Interview With Mike Niggli, Chairman of ESS, Inc. - Battery + Storage Podcast
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On August 29, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) issued a highly anticipated order approving the Electric Sector Modernization Plans (“ESMPs”) filed by the three Massachusetts electric distribution...more
In recent months, the Government of Canada took several steps that may alter the regulatory system for natural resource and infrastructure projects, and "clean growth projects" in particular....more
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
California energy regulators, during their meeting on February 15, approved a sweeping plan to reduce the state’s yearly electric sector greenhouse gas emissions to 25 million metric tons by 2035, down nearly 60% compared to...more
On February 15, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) issued a much-anticipated order in docket D.P.U. 21-100 that finally promulgates regulations (220 CMR 18.00) to implement 2021 statutory changes...more
While energy production gets a lot of attention, how that energy gets to end users is just as important. In this video, Troutman Pepper’s Brooks Smith and Brian Harms look at natural gas pipelines and other energy...more
On December 26, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) pertaining to the clean hydrogen production credit (Clean Hydrogen...more
On December 20, 2023, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) released a pre-proposal outline of New York State’s...more
On November 16, the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) voted to adopt a decision resolving the remaining issues in the Net Energy Metering (NEM) proceeding. The decision, issued on November 22 as...more
On Nov. 28, 2023, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law energy legislation passed by the House and Senate earlier this month. The law will address Governor Whitmer’s 2023 “MI Healthy Climate” initiative, and make...more
Kilpatrick’s John Livingston recently spoke at “The 2023 Appalachian Clean Energy CLE Workshop” where he led a panel discussing recent legislative updates to the decommissioning requirements in North Carolina for utility...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its November Open Meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice issued November 9, 2023 indicates FERC’s intent to act on several...more
Governor Gavin Newsom announced proposed major new infrastructure permitting reforms on May 19, 2023 in an effort to create thousands of jobs and build California’s clean energy future. The eleven-bill package seeks to...more
The Cost of "Electrification" “Electrification” has become a ubiquitous term these days, although depending on who you ask, it might have different meanings. However defined, a critical component of electrification as a...more
Seems like just yesterday that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on New England Clean Energy Connect's challenge to the retroactive initiative petition that might have killed the project to get hydropower from Canada to...more
Although this year’s Virginia General Assembly was a short session, there was still a long to-do list and lots of activity involving several important pieces of proposed energy legislation...more
2022 was a very active year for utility scale solar in Ohio. This article summarizes the key utility scale solar events of 2022 and highlights trends heading into 2023 in Ohio, including...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
Last week, on the final day of the outgoing Baker Administration, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) released a new proposal for a regional clean energy market. If implemented, this market would be a new...more
Massachusetts will soon see significant updates to the energy codes that govern the construction and alteration of buildings throughout the Commonwealth. As required by the 2021 climate bill, the Massachusetts Department of...more
The US utilities dealmaking scene appears to be springing back to life. Following two years of below average activity amid the pandemic, there are positive signs of a revival in deal activity. There were 24 deals in the...more
July 1, 2022: GRNE Solar, a provider of renewable energy installation services intended to generate electricity that is self-sustaining, was acquired by Nelnet (NYS: NNI) for an undisclosed amount. GRNE Solar offers solar...more
Clean energy power line from Arizona to California approved for construction The Center Square – July 15 The U.S. Department of Interior has approved the start of construction of a 125-mile transmission line project spanning...more
On June 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 205, a legislative effort to bolster the state’s energy resources and avoid outages like those California experienced in August 2020. AB 205 creates a...more
There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in the renewable energy and clean transport industries, and how these developments can...more