APEX CLEAN ENERGY AND PLUG POWER ENTER PPA TO POWER LARGEST WIND-SUPPLIED GREEN HYDROGEN PLANT IN THE NATION - On 14 July 2021, Apex Clean Energy Inc. (“Apex”) and Plug Power Inc. (“Plug Power”) announced a power purchase...more
NJPUC Approves United States’ Largest Offshore Wind Energy Procurement - On 30 June 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJPUC) approved two offshore wind projects with a planned capacity exceeding 2.6 GW,...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the sustainable economy are concepts that often overlap and frequently intertwine. Whether viewed separately or together, they have significantly changed global investing and...more
Connecticut Passes Legislation Targeting 1 GW Energy Storage by 2030 - Connecticut has enacted new energy storage legislation: S.B. 952, “An Act Concerning Energy Storage” (Act). The Act establishes a target of 1 GW energy...more
DOE LAUNCHES CLEAN HYDROGEN INITIATIVE - On 7 June 2021, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm launched the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshot Initiative, making an “all-hands-on-deck call for...more
Twinning Nuclear Reactors with Machine Learning - A multidisciplinary team from the Idaho and Argonne National Laboratories, Kairos Power, and Curtiss-Wright, along with support from academics, have developed digital twin...more
HYDROSTOR RECEIVES FUNDING FOR UTILITY-SCALE A-CAES FACILITY - On 15 April, Hydrostor announced receipt of nearly US$4 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program and Sustainable Development...more
Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
NJ BPU Issues Proposal to Replace Solar Incentive Program - On 7 April 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities released a straw proposal outlining details of the state’s solar incentive successor program. New Jersey’s...more
On 1 April, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) put to rest the long-simmering dispute between Florida and Georgia over Georgia’s use of water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (the Basin) that Florida...more
Industry Stakeholders Announce Formation of Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition - On 22 March 2021, a diverse group of energy industry stakeholders announced the formation of the Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition (CHFC). Comprised...more
New Legislation Would Extend Investment Tax Credit to Standalone Storage - On 9 March 2021, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced the “Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act” (H.R. 1684/S. 627), a...more
M-RETS Develops First Hourly Renewable Energy Certificate Retirement - On March 1st, M-RETS announced that it had completed the first-ever hourly Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) retirement. The hourly REC retirement system...more
New GREEN Act Could Extend and Create New Credits for Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, Carbon Capture, and Electric Vehicles - On 5 February, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures announced the...more
This April, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is expected to release a draft of its new rule titled Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP Rule). The GAP Rule could have major impacts on local...more
SOUTHWEST POWER POOL GROWS ENERGY MARKETS EXPANDING RENEWABLE TRADING - On 1 February, Southwest Power Pool (SPP) launched a real-time balancing market initiative to include eight utilities and transmission authorities across...more
The Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency...more
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The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is hosting an informal meeting on January 28, 2021 to discuss implementing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new total maximum daily load (TMDL) for...more
Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative to Develop Solar + Pumped Storage Hydro Project - On 7 January 2021, Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) signed agreements with The AES Corporation (AES) for the development,...more
NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES ADOPT THE TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE INITIATIVE PROGRAM - On 21 December 2020, the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia signed a memorandum of...more
FERC Rolls Back ISO New England Tariff Incentivizing New Generation and Storage Projects - On 2 December 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) ordered the abandonment of a tariff regime...more
In August 2020, we outlined four notable interstate water rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court that are likely to change how states use and treat water as a resource. One of those cases, Texas v. New Mexico, addresses...more
California Utilities to Launch Hydrogen Blending Demonstration Project - On 23 November 2020, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) announced the creation of the Hydrogen Blending...more
In August 2020 we previewed four notable interstate water rights cases that would soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case of Mississippi v. Tennessee is now one step closer to a decision. On 5 November, 2020, the...more
Arizona Outlines Plan for Carbon-free Power by 2050 - Arizona regulators outlined recently a plan to achieve 100 percent carbon-free power by 2050....more