The most recent Maine legislative session produced a slate of new major energy-related legal updates. Ranging from sunsetting and recalibrating net energy billing to overhauling renewable portfolio standards and creating a...more
On July 28, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of New York State’s first bulk energy storage competitive solicitation. In this initial solicitation (the 2025 “Index Storage Credit Request for Proposals,” or...more
As New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s commitment to renewable energy has been challenged both by Washington and by her own Administration’s evolving priorities, she has embarked on a new strategy to elevate the profile of...more
7/22/2025
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On May 13, 2025, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”) released a draft Index Storage Credit Request for Proposals (ISCRFP25-1) for bulk energy storage projects (the “Draft...more
5/19/2025
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New York State continues to advance its bulk energy storage deployment efforts, and a final Bulk Storage Implementation Plan is now likely to be made public before the end of April—with procurements set to begin by June 30,...more
President Trump began his second term by issuing a barrage of executive orders, memoranda, and other directives, many of which targeted U.S. energy policy and the federal employees who implement it. Trump had campaigned on...more
1/24/2025
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On November 4, 2024, in the Public Service Commission (“PSC”)’s large-scale renewables and Clean Energy Standard docket (“Case 15-E-0302”), the New York State Department of Public Service (“DPS”) filed a document proposing...more
On November 21, 2024, FERC voted to approve Order No. 1920-A, an order on rehearing and clarification that modifies Order No. 1920, the May 2024 landmark regional transmission planning and cost allocation rule. In this post,...more
After years of regulatory proceedings and planning, and following the New York Public Service Commission (the “PSC”)’s June 2024 Order Establishing Updated Energy Storage Goal and Deployment Policy (the “June 2024 Order”),...more
What changes to New York’s renewable energy programs are coming down the pike? Public comments filed with the New York Public Service Commission (the “Commission”) concerning the Commission’s Draft Biennial Review of the...more
10/16/2024
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The Final Rule implements a May 2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the federal agencies currently responsible for various aspects of environmental review and permitting of transmission projects and creates the...more
At FERC’s March 2024 Open Meeting, the Commissioners announced a new cooperative effort between FERC and the states: the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative (“Current Issues Collaborative”)....more
Early last week, the New York State Senate and Assembly released their “one-house” budget bills, which include their own version of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment, or RAPID, Act proposed...more
The Transmission Facilitation Program (“TFP”), a federal clean-energy initiative arising out of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that aims to enhance the capacity, resiliency, and reliability of the nation’s...more