In a closely watched battle between FirstEnergy Solutions and the Ohio Valley Energy Corporation that could have significant implications for the U.S. power sector
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FirstEnergy: Bankruptcy Court Asserts Primacy Over FERC; Approves Rejection Of Power Purchase Agreements
By Charles Dale III, William Keyser, David Mawhinney & Michael O'Neill | K&L Gates LLPSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein & Renée Louise Robin | Allen Matkins
After a year of 15 percent contraction from 2016, the residential sector will remain flat through 2018
5 Things You Should Know About Wind Energy
By U.S. Department Of Energy
1. Wind is powering America. From utility-scale wind farms to small distributed wind applications to the nation’s first offshore wind project, the U.S. wind industry continued to grow in 2016. The U.S. Department of Energy recently published three reports breaking down the state of wind energy in 2016. From invigorating the U.S. economy to advancing engineering breakthroughs, wind energy is moving America… Keep reading →
A Sunny Future For Utility-Scale Solar
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Utility-scale solar and distributed solar both have an important role to play in reducing greenhouse emissions, and both have made great strides in the past year. Utility-scale solar, the focus of this article, is reaching “grid parity” (i.e., cost equivalency) with traditional generation in more areas across the country. And solar received a major boost… Keep reading →
Renewable Energy Update – October 2015 #5
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein, Emily L. Murray, Patrick A. Perry | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
sPower has been awarded a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority.
Renewable Energy Update – September 2015 #4
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein, Emily L. Murray, Patrick A. Perry | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Equinix, the largest data center service provider in the world, has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with U.S. solar power company SunEdison for the provision of solar to power its California data centers.
FirstEnergy Wages All-Out War On Clean Energy
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
America’s electricity landscape is changing dramatically. Clean energy resources like solar and wind are becoming cost competitive with conventional coal, global corporations like Walmart, Google, and Facebook arepressuring utilities to increase their share of renewables, and the cost of investing in energy efficiency measures is now under half the cost of building dirty, coal-fired power… Keep reading →
Intermittent it may be, but wind is a friend of EPA, not a foe Ever since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the Clean Power Plan (CPP), its proposal to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions 30% from 2005 levels by 2030, there has been speculation that it will lead, among other things, to premature retirements… Keep reading →
Is that massive Apple solar play that made news on Tuesday burnishing the tech titan’s green cred? It might be, but environmentalists aren’t thrilled about the whole thing. Not that they’ve got anything against Apple – or solar power, they say. Kim Delfino is California director of the group Defenders of Wildlife, an organization that has… Keep reading →
Opinion: The Move From Contracted Assets to Managing Merchant Risk – Are You Ready to Capture the Upside?
By John R. KellerFor many years, the recipe for a successful and bankable investment in the power generation space called for one main ingredient; the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA was, and still is in many cases, the primary factor determining the bankability and feasibility of a project. However, in most of the deregulated US power… Keep reading →