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Illinois Legislature Passes New Law on Electric Transmission Line Projects, Illinois’ First Battery Storage Procurement, and...

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Last month, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill establishing prevailing wage requirements and tax incentives for high voltage transmission line and utility-scale battery storage projects....more

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Governor Healey Enacts Transformative Clean Energy and Economic Development Laws: Streamlined Permitting, Equity Protections, and...

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On November 20, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed the Massachusetts Leads Act, engrossing House Bill 5100 (the “MA Leads Act”), which, among many funding provisions, contains two changes that will significantly benefit...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Statewide Large Building Energy Reporting Now on the Horizon in Massachusetts

As we posted previously, a lesser-known provision of the Massachusetts legislature’s 2022 An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind created M.G.L. ch.25A §20, which requires the reporting of energy usage data for...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

NC Politics in the News - August 2023

Economic Development - WRAL TECH WIRE: Trucking firm Yellow confirms laying off 1,000 NC workers – 200 in Triangle - Trucking firm Yellow Corp, which shut down Sunday after a long-running labor dispute, has officially...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Maine Gov. Mills Signs Bill to Procure 3 GW of Offshore Wind by 2040

Early this afternoon, Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 1895, legislation directing the state to procure up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040. The final version of the procurement bill emerged after several weeks of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

New England states unite to build new offshore wind HVDC transmission, seek DOE funding

Four New England States – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island – recently submitted a concept paper to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposing to build up to three new high voltage direct current (HVDC)...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Approves ISO-New England’s Implementation of Capacity Market Design Changes and MOPR Elimination

On Friday, May 27, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order approving ISO-New England’s proposed tariff revisions, which phase out the ISO’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) by 2024...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Sheppard Mullin Six - Offshore Wind in California

Offshore Wind Goes West. On May 25, the Biden administration and the State of California announced an effort to develop areas off of the coast of California for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind generation. While Northeastern...more

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Nine Governors Issue Letter to President Biden Urging Continued Prioritization of Offshore Wind Development

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On June 4, 2021, days before the Biden Administration announced its intent to consider further expansion of offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico, nine governors issued a joint letter to US President Joe Biden’s...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Federal Offshore Wind Plan Boosts State Efforts in Massachusetts

As President Biden announces his blueprint for expanding the use of offshore wind (OSW) power, Massachusetts hopes to become an industry hub. Those plans will certainly be facilitated by the new federal OSW policies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Recent Trends in Renewable Energy

The renewable energy sector has benefited in recent years from its growing cost-competitiveness, favorable climate change-related policies, and significant new capital investment from traditional and nontraditional debt and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Unleashing the Potential of Offshore Wind

The next revolution in global energy production may be one you have to squint to see. Over the last several years, large-scale deployment of offshore wind has emerged as a significant resource. This acceleration is spurred...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Connecticut Issues New RFP For Offshore Wind, Fuel Cell, And Anaerobic Digestion Projects; Sets April 2018 Deadline For Bid...

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Last week, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a request for proposals to procure up to 899,250 MWh/year of renewable energy and associated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from...more

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Massachusetts Receives Nearly Four Dozen Bids in Response to Request for Proposals for Renewable Energy Generation

In early April 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) partnered with investor-owned electric distribution companies across the state to jointly issue a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Compromise Energy Bill

Last Sunday, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a compromise energy bill to significantly increase electricity produced by renewable energy sources. The state’s utilities will be required to purchase power from on and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Massachusetts Legislature Enacts Significant Energy Bill in Support of Offshore Wind and Hydro Procurement, Storage and...

Late last night, the Massachusetts legislature enacted House Bill 4568, an act to promote energy diversity (the “Act”). Overall, the Act marks a compromise between the House’s original procurement-only legislation and the...more

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