Greetings from the Windy City, where the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is expecting a record conference attendance of around 17,000 people.  A large contingent of Stoel Rives wind attorneys are attending the AWEA wind energy conference in Chicago this week, May 4 to May 8.  My partner Ed Einowski will be speaking about co-location…

We announce the publication of a guide to federal clean energy funding opportunities under the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”). Titled “Show Me The Money,” the guide reviews the various programs and potential sources of federal funding for clean energy companies and projects. The guide addresses funding opportunities under the…

On April 27, 2009, the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) was announced offering up to $150 million to fund transformation energy research and development projects. These funds are part of the $400 million appropriated to ARPA-E under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Individual awards of $500,000 to $20 million…

Legislators recently adopted legislation aimed at helping Utah stay competitive with surrounding states in the fast growing national clean energy movement.  Five (5) bills dealing with renewable energy and energy efficiency passed with strong bi-partisan support.  Three (3) resolutions, while non-binding, send strong messages to local governments and utilities that the legislature encourages, and wants to remove…

Washington State’s legislature has passed a bill expanding the Energy Freedom Program and the uses to which the Energy Freedom Account can be put.  Previously, funds from the Energy Freedom Account could be applied to biofuels projects only, and appropriations from the Energy Freedom Account to a separate account – the Green Energy Incentive Account – could be…

U.S. EPA is holding a public hearing in Sacramento, California today on the agency’s proposed rule on mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting.  EPA held public hearings on the new rule in the Washington D.C. area earlier this month. 

Over 13,000 facilities nationwide, accounting for about 85% to 90% of GHGs emitted in the U.S., will be required…

On April 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a request for various transmission infrastructure investment incentives submitted by Green Power Express LP (GPE), a transmission-only partnership that proposes to build a 765 kV "green superhighway" consisting of three interconnected loops in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.  GPE’s proposal will also extend radially…