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EPA Proposes 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard Volume Mandates

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 13, 2025, issued a proposed rule, "Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Proposes RFS Standards for 2026 and 2027, Will Hold Hearing on July 8, 2025

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the applicable volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for years after those specified in the statute. On June 17,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

MA Files Draft RFP for 1500 MW Energy Storage DPU Requests Comments by May 30

Massachusetts recently stepped closer to its first major solicitation for long-term energy storage contracts under its new Section 83E authority. On May 5, the MA Department of Energy Resources (DOER), in partnership with the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

NYSERDA Releases Draft RFP for 2025 Bulk Storage Procurement

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 RFP”). ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Department of Energy Releases Final Guidance on Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released long-awaited final guidance on its process to designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (commonly referred to as “NIETCs,” pronounced...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Connecticut DEEP Announces a New Comprehensive Energy Strategy For 2022

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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is charged by statute with periodically preparing and implementing a Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES).  ...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

DOI Announces Proposed Lease Sale for Offshore Wind Development for New York and New Jersey

On June 11, 2021, the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a proposed sale notice to sell commercial wind energy leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Renewable Alert Letter 41: Mega Solar: Outline of Act Assessment

As discussed in our Renewable Alert Letter 39 dated February 5, 2019, installation and modification work for solar power facilities over a certain scale will now be subject to environmental impact assessment pursuant to the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Clean Peak Standard Starts to Take Shape

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has released its Clean Peak Standard Straw Proposal, providing its thinking on the implementation of that part of An Act to Advance Clean Energy, from 2018. As a reminder, the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Renewable Alert Letter 37: Mega Solar: 32MW and Up Possibly Subject to Environmental Impact Assessment Act

On November 1, 2018, the Ministry of the Environment ("MOE") announced that, at the "4th Review Session on Basic Policy Regarding Solar Facilities and the Environmental Impact Assessment," it plans to make certain large-scale...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Maine DEP Developing New Rule For Wind Power Projects

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it is developing a new Site Law rule that will address certain development standards for wind projects. The standards that will be addressed by the new rule...more

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California Energy Agencies Advance Renewable Transmission Line Planning

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California energy agencies and key stakeholders have finished the first step of a statewide planning process to evaluate transmission needs in the state and the region. This process, called the Renewable Energy Transmission...more

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