Citing changes in market conditions, Southern California Edison (SCE) announced last week that it is beginning the process of reforming the standard Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) it uses for its California Renewable Energy Small Tariff (CREST) program. CREST is SCE’s feed-in tariff program for eligible renewable energy projects under 1.5 MW. The PPA for each
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Stoel Rives’ Bill Holmes and David Benson to Speak at Storage Week 2011
By Brian Nese on
Posted in California, Renewable
Please plan to join me and my colleagues – Bill Holmes, David Benson, John Thompson, and Morten Lund – at Storage Week 2011. Stoel Rives is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor at this premier event.
Storage Week kicks off on July 11 with four in-depth market and technical tutorials to…
New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets – from the U.K. to Bank of America
By Allison Smith on
Posted in California, Climate Change
This week, the United Kingdom proposed cutting its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50% below 1990 levels, in its recently released proposed carbon budget for 2023 to 2027. This would put it on track to cut emissions by 80% by 2050, as required under the U.K. Climate Change Act of 2008. Moreover, this target would go beyond the …
CEC Holds Workshop on Energy Storage for 2011 IEPR
By William H. Holmes & Kimberly Hellwig on
The 2011 IEPR Committee Workshop on Energy Storage for Renewable Integration was held Thursday, April 28th at the California Energy Commission (CEC) offices in Sacramento. The Workshop was presented in a three panel format, with each panel addressing specific topics, including (1) the need for energy storage in light of California’s renewable portfolio standard, greenhouse…
California Public Utilities Commission Holds Prehearing Conference on Energy Storage Procurement Targets
By William H. Holmes on
Posted in California, Energy Storage, Hydropower, Integration, Regulation, Renewable, Smart Energy, Smart Grid, Solar, Transmission, Wind
As we’ve previously discussed, California’s AB 2514 requires the CPUC and municipal utilities in California to open proceedings by March 1, 2012 to determine appropriate targets, if any, for the procurement of viable and cost-effective energy storage systems by load-serving entities. Over a year before that deadline, the CPUC opened Rulemaking 10-12-007 in December of last
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LexisNexis Selects Renewable + Law Blog to its Top 50 Environmental Law Blogs List
By William H. Holmes on
Posted in Algae, Biofuels, Biomass, California, Cleantech, Climate Change, Feed In Tariff, FERC, Geothermal, Green Building, Hydropower, Integration, Litigation, Nuclear, Ocean/Wave Energy, Patent Applications, Regulation, Renewable, Smart Energy, Smart Grid, Solar, Sustainable Development, Tax, Transmission, Wind
Having first reported to our readers in February that LexisNexis had nominated the Stoel Rives Renewable + Law Blog for its Top 50 Environmental Law & Climate Change Blogs for 2011 award, we are pleased to announce we made the list of winners! In publishing its Top 50 list, LexisNexis declared that our Renewable + …
Governor Brown Signs Bill Increasing California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard to 33%
By Allison Smith on
A Legal News Alert from Seth Hilton and the Stoel Rives Renewable Energy Law Group:
California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill ("SB") X1-2 on Tuesday requiring California’s electric utilities to procure 33% of their energy from renewable resources by 2020. Upon signing the bill, Governor Brown stated the "bill will bring many important benefits to California, …
Upcoming Electric Energy Storage (EES) Workshops
By William H. Holmes on
California’s AB 2514 requires the CPUC and municipal utilities in California to open proceedings by March 1, 2012 to determine appropriate targets, if any, for the procurement of viable and cost-effective energy storage systems by load-serving entities. By October 1, 2013, the CPUC must (1) determine whether a procurement target for energy storage is appropriate…
California Public Utility Commission to Reopen Rule 21 Working Group
By William H. Holmes on
A report from Stoel Rives attorney Jake Storms (Sacramento):
The California Public Utility Commission (“CPUC”) recently announced that it will reopen the Rule 21 Working Group. Rule 21 governs the interconnection of distributed generation to a utility’s distribution system.
Each of the three largest investor-owned utilities—Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego…
Legislature Passes SBX1-2 to Increase California RPS to 33%
By Seth Hilton on
Posted in California, Cleantech, Climate Change, Regulation, Renewable, Solar, Sustainable Development, Wind
Legal News Alert from Stoel Rives Renewable Energy Law Group
The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill (“SB”) X1-2, which requires California’s electric utilities to increase their renewable generation to 33% by 2020. Passage of the legislation is the culmination of years of effort to increase California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) from its current 20%. In 2009, …