Energy

02/01/2010  Energy and Securities Law Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Interpretive Guidance on Disclosure Regarding Climate Change
01/22/2010  Energy Law Alert: FERC Seeks Suggestions on Revising Transmission Tariffs to Break Down Barriers to Integration of Renewable Energy Resources
01/19/2010  Tax Law Alert: Oregon Department of Energy Issues New Rule Governing the BETC Pass-Through Rates
01/13/2010  Energy Law Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Contractual Stability, Finds that the Mobile-Sierra Public Interest Standard Applies to Third-Party Challenges to Contract Rates
01/11/2010  Energy Law Alert: California Public Utilities Commission Issues Third Proposed Decision Authorizing Tradable Renewable Energy Credits; Comments Due January 19
01/04/2010  Show Me The Money: $16.5 Million Available in Loans and Grants Under Washington's State Energy Program
12/17/2009  Wind Energy Law Alert: Federal Court Halts Wind Project to Protect Indiana Bat
11/06/2009  California Air Resources Board Begins Establishment of Expansive Renewable Electricity Standard to Achieve 33% Renewable Standard
11/05/2009  Oregon Department of Energy Issues New Temporary Rules Governing the Business Energy Tax Credit ("BETC")
10/07/2009  Show Me the Money: Loan Guarantee Solicitation for Commercial Technology Applications
09/22/2009  Tax and Renewable Energy Law Alert: IRS Revises Safe Harbor for Wind Project Structure
09/18/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Pledging to Veto SB 14 and AB 64, Governor Schwarzenegger Pursues Alternative Path to 33 Percent RPS
08/27/2009  Stimulus Alert: Don't Be Caught Off Guard: The Buy American Provisions of the ARRA Are Complex and a Pitfall for the Unwary
08/18/2009  Law of Algae Available Now
08/14/2009  Tax Law Alert: Guidance Issued for Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credits
08/13/2009  Show Me The Money: Recovery Act Opportunities for Small Businesses
08/12/2009  Agribusiness Law Alert: The Wind Energy Promotion Act: Turbo Charging the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit
08/07/2009  Show Me the Money: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Related to Loan Guarantees for Projects That Employ Innovative Technologies
08/06/2009  Show Me the Money: Concentrating Solar Power Generation and Community Renewable Energy Deployment
08/05/2009  Show Me the Money: $5.5 Million Available for the Expansion of Ethanol Blends
08/03/2009  Energy Law Alert: FERC Approves Southwest Power Pool's Reformed Interconnection Procedures
07/31/2009  Energy Law Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance on Applications for Grants in Lieu of the ITC and the PTC
07/30/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: DOE Releases Eagerly Awaited Loan Guarantee Solicitations
07/28/2009  A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case
07/20/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: FERC Policy Statement Seeks to Accelerate Deployment of Smart Grid Technology
07/17/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Announces Funding of Up to $85 Million for Algal and Advanced Biofuels
07/09/2009  Energy Law Alert: Treasury Issues Guidance on Applications for Grants in Lieu of the ITC and the PTC
07/08/2009  $32 Million for Hydropower Infrastructure Improvements
07/06/2009  Show Me the Money: Building America Energy Efficient Housing Partnerships
07/06/2009  Show Me the Money: Advanced Energy Efficient Building Technologies
07/06/2009  Energy Law Alert: $6 Million Available for a U.S.-China Clean Energy and Climate Partnership Program
07/01/2009  Show Me the Money: Allocations of $42.5 Million to Solid-State Lighting
07/01/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Washington Releases Summary of State and Federal Bioenergy Incentives
06/30/2009  Show Me the Money: $4.15 Billion Available for Smart Grid Projects
06/29/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Releases $10.5 Million to Improve Solar Technologies and Energy Projects
06/24/2009  Show Me the Money: New Grant Solicitation for Development of a Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility
06/23/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Releases $39.5 Million to Enhance Energy Assurance Capabilities and Plan for Smart Grid Resiliency
06/23/2009  Energy Law Alert: FERC Implements Significant Revisions to Change in Status Reporting Requirements
06/17/2009  Show Me the Money: Clean Coal Power Initiative Round 3
06/17/2009  Show Me the Money: $102 Million Available for Electricity Regulators and Grid Improvements (Transmission Analysis and Planning)
06/16/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Announces $1.4 Billion Investment to Reduce Carbon Emissions
06/12/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Announces $300 Million of Investments to Boost Clean Energy Technologies
06/11/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Announces $256 Million Investment to Improve Energy Efficiency of the American Economy
06/05/2009  Show Me the Money: DOE Releases Stimulus Funds for Geothermal Energy Projects
06/05/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: IRS Guidance on Electing ITC
06/04/2009  Show Me the Money: $117.6 Million Deployed to Accelerate Solar Energy Technologies
06/01/2009  Energy Law Alert: Energy Financing Opportunities in the 2008 Farm Bill
05/07/2009  Agribusiness/Energy Law Alert: $18 Million of Value-Added Producer Grants Available
05/06/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Washington Legislature Passes Bill to Expand the Energy Freedom Program
05/05/2009  Ocean Law Alert: Minerals Management Service Issues Final Regulations Governing Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf for Development of Wind, Wave, Current, Solar, and Other Renewable Energy Sources1
04/23/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Out-of-State Wind and Solar Generation Could Be Excluded from Participating in California's Renewable Portfolio Standard
04/21/2009  Energy Law Alert: More Funding Opportunity Announcements for Smart Grid
04/10/2009  Ocean Law Alert: FERC and MMS Remove Jurisdictional Obstacle to OCS Hydrokinetic Projects
04/08/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Treasury Department's Office of General Counsel Confirms That Recovery Act Section 1603 Energy Property Grants Are Not Subject to NEPA
04/03/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: California Public Utilities Commission Issues New Proposed Decision on Tradable Renewable Energy Credits
03/31/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: California Public Utilities Commission Proposes Expanded Use of Feed-In Tariffs
03/18/2009  Ocean Law Alert: Implications for FERC Conditioned License Authority from Liquid Natural Gas Case
03/18/2009  Energy Law Alert: Washington Sales Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Machinery and Equipment Will Expire June 30, 2009
03/12/2009  Bioenergy Law Alert: Stimulus Bill Creates Opportunities for Facilities Generating Electricity from Biomass
03/06/2009  Energy Law Alert: Stimulus Bill Funding Opportunities for Smart Grid, Energy Storage and Other Energy Technologies
03/03/2009  Energy Alert: Federal Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy and Electric Power Transmission Projects
03/02/2009  Energy Law Alert: FERC Amends Merchant Transmission Participation Requirements, Allows Negotiations for "Anchor Tenants"
02/20/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: California Public Utilities Commission Proposes Criteria to Evaluate Viability of California Renewable Portfolio Standard
02/18/2009  Wind Energy Law Alert: BLM and State of Oregon Complete Unprecedented MOU on the Siting and Environmental Review of Wind Energy Projects
02/12/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Renewable Energy Incentives in Conference Agreement
02/09/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: New RPS Proposals Under Consideration by Congress
01/26/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Senate Finance Chairman Proposes Alternatives to House Bill Renewable Energy Incentives
01/22/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: House Bill Proposes Increased Incentives for Renewable Energy Projects
01/06/2009  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Siemens AG's $1.6 Billion Penalty for Bribing Foreign Officials is a Warning to the International Energy Industry
12/22/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Growing Green Jobs
12/19/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Assembly Bill Looks to Accelerate Renewable Procurement in California
12/18/2008  Tax Law Alert: IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Biodiesel Credit and Cellulosic Biofuels Producer Credit
11/25/2008  Newly Issued California Executive Order Requires Energy Retailers to Deliver 33% of Electrical Energy from Renewable Resources by 2020 and Establishes Facilitating Procedural Framework
11/21/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Washington Supreme Court Affirms State Siting Council's Authority to Permit Alternative Energy Facilities
11/06/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: California PUC to Allow Greater Flexibility in RPS Compliance Via Use of Unbundled RECs
11/03/2008  Energy Law Alert: California Public Utilities Commission Rejects Finavera-PG&E Wave Energy Contract
10/22/2008  Ocean Law Alert: FERC Re-asserts OCS Jurisdiction for Hydrokinetic Projects
10/13/2008  Energy Law Alert: Utah Public Service Commission Gives OK to Wind Farm Transmission Line
10/08/2008  Energy Tax Law Alert: Rescue Bill Extends Production Tax Credits and Investment-Based Energy Tax Credits and Provides Additional Tax Benefits for Renewable and Other Energy Activities
09/09/2008  Ocean Law Alert: FERC Comments on the OCS Alternative Energy/Alternate Use Rule Proposed by MMS
09/08/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: FERC Rules on MISO Queue Reform
08/04/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Oregon Public Utility Commission Gives a Green Light to Third-Party Ownership of On-Site Solar and Wind Facilities
07/29/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: MMS Takes Next Steps to Issue Leases for Offshore Testing
07/28/2008  Energy Law Alert: Utah Public Service Commission Asserts Jurisdiction over Wind Farm Transmission Line
07/25/2008  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Department of Interior Proposes New Regulations Governing Development of Alternative Energy Sources
06/30/2008  Biofuels Law Alert: EPA Guidance on Potentially Illegal RIN Trading Practices
06/27/2008  Energy and Climate Change Law Alert: California Air Resources Board Issues Draft Scoping Plan on Implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32)
05/20/2008  Energy Law Alert: FERC Denies Appeal from Generator Tie-line Owner Registered on Compliance Registry as a Transmission Owner and Transmission Operator
04/10/2008  Ocean Law Alert: FERC Authorizes Construction of First Hydrokinetic Project
03/31/2008  Energy Law Alert: Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Examines Third-Party Ownership of Distributed Renewable Generation
03/14/2008  Green Building Law Alert: IRS Issues Guidance on Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction
02/27/2008  Energy Tax Law Alert: Oregon Continues to Welcome Renewable Industries - 2008 Modifications to the State BETC
02/12/2008  Energy Tax Law Alert: Economic Stimulus Package Allows Bonus Depreciation for Projects Completed in 2008
02/11/2008  Ocean Law Alert - Washington Department of Ecology Asks FERC to Rescind Its First Hydrokinetic License
01/28/2008  Food Liability and Biofuels Law Alert: Distillers Grains Linked to E. coli O157:H7
01/07/2008  Biofuels Law Alert: EISA of 2007 Calls for Additional Production of Biofuels Through 2022 and Provides Research Grants for Cellulosic and Advanced Biofuels
12/20/2007  Ocean Law Alert: Congress Provides Boost to Emerging Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Technologies
12/20/2007  Energy and Biofuels Law Alert: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
11/12/2007  Biofuels Law Alert: Looming RFS Deadlines
11/08/2007  Ocean Law Alert: Minerals Management Service Releases New Alternative Ocean Energy Program Details
10/19/2007  Tax Law Alert: IRS Creates Safe Harbor for Wind Energy "Flip" Transactions
09/28/2007  Energy Law Alert: Public Utility Commission Issues Proposed Oregon Small Generator Interconnection Rules for Public Comment
08/22/2007  Energy and Climate Change Law Alert: Kulongoski Signs Landmark Climate Change Legislation
08/07/2007  Renewable Energy Law Alert: Oregon Revises Net Metering Rules to Encourage Increased Use of Renewable Energy
07/30/2007  Renewable Energy Law Alert: CPUC Begins Looking at REC Trading
07/02/2007  Energy Law Alert: Oregon Set to Expand Business Energy Tax Credit
06/26/2007  Biofuels Law Alert: Oregon Set to Adopt Aggressive Biofuels Incentives
06/26/2007  ESA Law Alert: The Supreme Court Decides That the Endangered Species Act Does Not Trump the Clean Water Act
06/21/2007  Energy Law Alert: PG&E and SCE Petition CPUC to Revise Standard Terms and Conditions for RPS Contracts
06/13/2007  Energy and Climate Change Law Alert: Oregon Legislature Makes Waves by Promoting Wave Energy
05/23/2007  Energy Law Alert: Oregon Set to Adopt Renewable Portfolio Standard of 25 Percent by 2025
05/04/2007  Climate Change Law Alert: Washington State Adopts GHG Emissions Reduction Legislation
04/20/2007  Biofuels Law Alert: IRS Notice 2007-37 Provides Guidance Regarding Coproduced Diesel and Thermal Depolymerization Using Catalysts
03/27/2007  Energy Law Alert: Report Concludes: Wind Will Play a Major Role in Pacific Northwest Power
02/22/2007  Energy Law Alert: Order No. 890: FERC Creates New Transmission Service Rules for Wind Energy; ‘Prying Open The Black Box’
02/20/2007  Energy Law Alert: FERC Issues NOI for Preliminary Permits For Wave, Current and Instream Hydropower Technologies
12/20/2006  Energy Law Alert: Ninth Circuit Rules FERC Section 7 Consultation Not Required on Past Actions
12/18/2006  Energy Law Alert: CPUC Issues Proposed Decision Setting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard for Baseload Generation
12/12/2006  Energy Law Alert: Congress Extends Production Tax Credit and Energy Credit Sunset Dates
11/16/2006  Energy Law Alert: Interconnection Customers Who Suspend Work May Forfeit Their Place in the Queue
11/13/2006  Energy Law Alert: Washington Voters Approve Renewable Portfolio Standard
11/09/2006  Energy Law Alert: Washington Voters Choose to Enhance State's Renewable Energy Legacy
10/26/2006  Energy Law Alert: CPUC Charges Forward on Emissions Standards for Baseload Generation
10/23/2006  Energy Law Alert: New FERC Order Weakens PURPA’s QF "Must Buy" Provisions
10/19/2006  Energy Law Alert: Department of Defense Issues Report On Effect Of Windmills On Radar
10/10/2006  Energy Law Alert: EPA Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the National Renewable Fuels Standard Program
08/29/2006  Energy Law Alert: California Solar Initiative Takes Shape
06/28/2006  Energy Law Alert: Window for Public Comments on Ocean Energy Regulation Closes Soon
05/23/2006  Energy Law Alert: Open Access Transmission Tariff Reform: FERC Proposes New Rules for First Time in Decade
04/06/2006  Energy Law Alert: Legislation to Watch: S.2401 - "Alternative Energy Extender Act"
04/04/2006  Energy Law Alert: Washington State Adopts Minimum Renewable Fuel Content Requirements
02/09/2006  Energy Law Alert: IRS Clarifies That State Tax Credits Do Not Reduce Federal Production Tax Credits
11/11/2005  Tax Law Alert: Construction Related Provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
09/27/2005  Energy Law Alert: CPUC Proposes to Extend Renewables Portfolio Standard Requirements and Signals that Unbundled Renewable Energy Credits May Be Used for RPS Compliance
09/02/2005  Energy Law Alert: Energy Bill Affects the Construction and Operation of Electric Transmission Facilities
08/15/2005  Energy Law Alert: Energy Policy Act of 2005
08/15/2005  Energy Law Alert: Energy Bill Extends Production Tax Credit and Provides New and Expanded Tax Benefits for Renewable and Other Energy Activities
08/08/2005  Energy Law Alert: Energy Bill Provides Additional Benefits and Assistance for the Geothermal Industry
08/08/2005  Energy Law Alert: Ethanol and Biomass Industries Fare Well in Energy Policy Act of 2005
08/08/2005  Energy Law Alert: Energy Bill Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act, Limits Utility Purchase Obligation from Qualifying Facilities
04/19/2005  Energy Law Alert: FERC Proposes New Generator Imbalance Service for Intermittent Generation Resources
09/23/2004  Energy Law Alert: Pending Reinstatement of Production Tax Credit
09/01/2004  Energy Law Alert: The Production Tax Credit and Wind Power Investments
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