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Energy Update – May 2017
By DONNA BOBBISH, GERALD FEIGE, ROBERT N. FREEDMAN, PATRICIA HAMMES, JEAN-LOUIS NEVES MANDELLI, BILL MCCORMACK, ANTHONY PATTEN, JAMES WEBBER | SHEARMAN & STERLING LLPSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By ELIZABETH CLARK, WILLIAM R. DEVINE, BARRY EPSTEIN, RENÉE LOUISE ROBIN | ALLEN MATKINS
U.S. utility-scale solar installations, including both photovoltaic and thermal technologies, grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016.
California’s Clean-Energy Leadership Continues
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
California is a leader, and has earned that title – it is the largest state economy in the U.S. and the sixth-largest economy in the world. Forward-thinking clean energy policies are the backbone of California’s prosperity, creating jobs and businesses for the state while cutting emissions. While the presidential administration assaults critical environmental protections nationwide,… Keep reading →
Renewable Energy Update – April 2017 #4
By WILLIAM R. DEVINE, BARRY EPSTEIN, EMILY L. MURRAY, RENÉE LOUISE ROBIN | ALLEN MATKINS
California’s brutal five-year drought did more than lead to water shortages and dead lawns.
What Might Be Ahead For Environmental Regulation In The Trump Administration?
By Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman
By almost every account, the Trump Administration is likely to alter substantially the environmental regulatory landscape.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued a Final Sale Notice, setting December 15 as the date for auctioning the right to lease sites in federal waters off New York for commercial offshore wind development.
CPUC Cracks Down On Secrecy Of Utility Data
By Zeb Zankel | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
For California utilities, ensuring their information stays confidential just got harder.
New York Moves To Properly Value Clean, Distributed Energy
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
New York is on the path to transforming its electric industry. Since the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceedings kicked off with the goal of creating a more robust and efficient electric grid, the State is now a step closer in the quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels. And,… Keep reading →
Here Comes The Sun: New CPUC Tariff Preserves Most Benefits For Rooftop Solar
By Michael Hindus, Katherine Vorhis | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
On January 28, 2016, the California Public Utilities Commission voted in a 3-2 decision to approve a new tariff that preserves net energy metering.
Energy News Roundup: Oil Set To Drown Markets, EU Energy Projects Announced & Energy Storage Pipelines Increasing
By Conor O'Sullivan
The world could find itself drowning in oil this year and prices could fall further as new Iranian output cancels out production cuts elsewhere, according to the International Energy Agency. [The Guardian] Today Member States agreed on a Commission proposal to invest €217 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects, mainly in Central and South… Keep reading →
