On September 29, 2017, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in order to require additional compensation to baseload generators that provide reliability and resiliency benefits to the electric grid. In order to qualify for additional compensation, generators must have 90 days of
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In our last post, we discussed an emerging trend of corporations and local governments taking decisive action on climate change in the absence of federal leadership. Since that post, several excellent examples of this commitment have been announced, with perhaps the most compelling coming from the U.S. Conference of Mayors‘ 85th annual meeting
A Bright Side to the Paris Accord Withdrawal?
President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Accords is disheartening for many that work in and around the renewable energy industries, and believe in the importance of a truly diversified energy portfolio. While it is certainly not a perfect agreement, 195, now 194, countries from around the world recognized a pressing
Join Polsinelli at the AWEA Wind Siting Conference in Austin
I am excited to announce that several members of the Polsinelli Energy Group (myself included) will be attending the AWEA Wind Project Siting & Environmental Compliance Conference this week in Austin, TX. Our energy team has been hard at work with AWEA over the last few months to develop a few exciting new offerings for AWEA
Meet Me at the Linda Hall Library’s Second Saturday Conversation: Science Outlook 2017
I wanted to provide a quick heads-up to let you all know that I will be participating as a panelist at the Linda Hall Library’s “Second Saturday Conversation” tomorrow, March 11th, from 11 AM to noon Central Time. The topic will be the hopes, concerns, and possibilities for research funding, infrastructure projects, and energy development
Wind Project Development: From a Legal Perspective
Recently, Alan Anderson and I were thrilled to be invited to present to a class at the Washburn University Law School. For those of you that don’t know, Washburn has developed a truly exceptional energy and oil & gas law program (something that I dearly wish I could have had in law school), thanks in
What’s Next for the Missouri Solar Rebate?
Over the last few months, the future of the popular Missouri solar rebate program has been the subject of ongoing negotiations between the public utilities, the solar industry, state regulators, and large industrial interests. The end result of these negotiations is, for the first time, a clear indication of the amount of solar rebate funds
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It has been an active few months for renewable energy in the United States, as several states have made headlines or advanced new renewable energy legislation. Over the next few posts, I’ll be highlighting a few of the most noteworthy renewable energy stories from a few of the states within Polsinelli Shughart PC’s ever-growing footprint.
Renewable Energy Standards – A Primer
As this is a new blog, I thought it would be a good idea to have the first few posts give a broad overview of some of the big concepts in renewable energy law before diving into the more nuanced issues that are dominating the current conversation. With that in mind, it seemed appropriate to start