The Climate Policy, Renewable Energy, & Sustainability Blog
Through industry presentations and publications as well as through our blog, our energy attorneys are dedicated to helping you stay informed and knowledgeable about legal developments that affect your business.
Visit our website for the latest calendar of events. Upcoming highlights include:
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America 2011
March 8-10…
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (“ODFW”) posted the final draft rules and draft conservation strategy related to the greater sage-grouse. After years of negotiation and numerous public meetings on the ODFW’s approach, the final drafts are open for public comment. On April 22 they will be presented to the Fish and Wildlife…
The second of two bills that would drastically impact the Washington State Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) was recently introduced in the Washington State Legislature. HB 1890 would cut in half the amount of energy utilities are required to obtain from new renewable resources, and also allow them to offset renewable energy requirements with energy from fresh…
On February 23, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final rules regulating hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from boilers at major sources of HAPs (Boiler MACT) and boilers at minor or area sources of HAPs (Boiler GACT), for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators (CISWI) and for defining what constitutes a solid waste…
Seth Hilton, Jason Johns, and Morten Lund will be presenters at the following webinar on Wednesday:
FERC and Feed-in Tariffs: Opportunities and Challenges in California and Other States
Wednesday, March 2 at 11:00 a.m. CST/ 9:00 a.m. PST.
After prolonged consideration by the California Public Utilities Commission, California recently adopted a reverse auction…
My partner Seth Hilton will be presenting on Tuesday March 1st on Tradable Renewable Energy Credits in California.
Tradable Renewable Energy Credits in California
Tuesday, March 1 at 12:00 p.m. CST/ 10:00 a.m. PST
In January, 2011, the California Public Utilities Commission lifted its moratorium on the use of Tradable Renewable Energy Credits for compliance…
The Obama Administration last week released its proposed budget for 2012, which includes a number of tax proposals that could have a direct impact on the financing of renewable energy projects. Some of the more significant proposals include extension of the grant in lieu of tax credits, an additional allotment of qualified advanced energy manufacturing…
Currently, electric utilities in Washington that serve more than 25,000 customers are required to obtain the following percentages of their electricity from new renewable resources:
This has been the case since the passage of…
In a long-awaited announcement, last week the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities adopted rules to codify the State’s Offshore Wind Economic Development Act. The new rules provide the process for an applicant to submit project information and to propose a pricing method and structure for Offshore Renewable Energy Credits (ORECs) for the Board’s…
We recently learned that LexisNexis has nominated the Stoel Rives Renewable + Law Blog for its Top 50 Environmental Law & Climate Change Blogs for 2011 award. In the nomination, LexisNexis praised Renewable + Law Blog for its “passion for solar energy, wind energy, biofuels, ocean and hydrokinetic energy, biomass, waste-to-energy, geothermal and other clean…
