The Australian Energy Market Commission releases a draft report recommending...
On 12 March 2015 the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) released its draft report about a model for optional firm access to electricity transmission networks. The report follows the...
View ArticlePowers of Regulators Brought Into the Spotlight by High Court Decision
Recently the High Court of Australia handed down its unanimous decision in Australian Communications and Media Authority v Today FM (Sydney) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 7 (HCA Decision) which relates to the...
View ArticleFERC Issues Rule to Reduce Regulatory Burdens for Generators That Own...
I. Introduction Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued its final rule on Open Access and Priority Rights on Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities (“Order...
View ArticleNorth Carolina General Assembly Active on Renewable Energy Issues in 2015...
Two bills with significant renewable energy provisions were among those that survived the North Carolina General Assembly’s self-imposed “crossover” deadline of April 30, 2015. Most substantive bills...
View ArticleOregon Moves Ahead on Energy Storage
The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) recently announced that in June 2015 it will issue a request for proposals (RFP) for an electrical energy storage demonstration project. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleOregon Enacts Energy Storage Legislation
On June 1, 2015, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill 2193-B, which requires certain electric companies to procure qualifying energy storage systems by January 1, 2020, subject to authorization by...
View ArticleEPA releases final version of Clean Power Plan
EPA issued the Clean Power Plan in its final form today, August 3, 2015. The rule in effect reshapes energy policy nationwide by setting state-by-state carbon emission standards that all states must...
View ArticleProposals for Community Solar Programs in Oregon due Friday, August 7, 2015
Under Section 3 of Oregon’s recently enacted HB 2941, the Oregon Public Utility Commission has opened Docket No. UM 1746 to examine a range of community solar programs that allow individual customers...
View ArticleEagles Back in the Nest: FWS 30-Year Eagle “Take” Rule Vacated Less than Two...
On August 11, 2015, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California struck down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”) regulation that increased the maximum duration...
View ArticleEPA’s Clean Power Plan: A Regional Analysis
EPA’s recently issued Clean Power Plan (“CPP” or “Plan”) affects every state differently. The Plan has a decidedly nationwide impact—reducing the United States’ power plant greenhouse gas emissions 32...
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