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
Hydrogen—the smallest molecule, but one that holds the potential to be an energy superhero and play a significant role in reducing carbon emissions and slowing climate change.
The H2 Handbook provides a comprehensive...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
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
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
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
As a courtesy to our clients and friends, the K&L Gates Power practice has updated the Energy Storage Handbook.
This Energy Storage Handbook is designed to be a basic primer on what energy storage is, how federal and state...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
FACEBOOK AND CARNEGIE MELLON PARTNER TO USE AI FOR STORAGE SOLUTIONS - On 14 October 2020, Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University released publicly a dataset of 1.3 million electrocatalyst simulations, a result of a...more
FERC FINDS ESRS CAN BE A “LOAD-SHAPE MODIFYING DEVICE” FOR DEMAND RESPONSE - On 17 September 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) granted a petition for declaratory order (172 FERC ¶ 61,249) regarding the...more
FERC REVISES ANALYSIS FOR CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING FACILITIES - On 1 September, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order (172 FERC ¶ 61,194) denying an application from Broadview Solar, LLC to...more
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON INVESTS IN EV CHARGING - California regulators recently approved the largest utility-led deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment in the United States. Under the new program, Southern...more
ILLINOIS ROLLS OUT ENERGY STRATEGY FOR 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY - On 21 August 2020, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker published the state’s “Putting Consumers & Climate First” plan. The initiative outlines eight principles...more
Canadian Provinces Expand Planned Development of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - On 10 August, Alberta joined an interprovincial Canadian memoranda of understanding (MOU) with New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan to...more
FLORIDA UTILITY PLANS FIRST HYDROGEN FACILITY - On 27 July, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) proposed an innovative hydrogen pilot project in conjunction with the decision to close its coal-fired generation unit in June...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. - British Government Announces New Investments in Small Nuclear Reactor Projects -...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. SUNRUN AND SCE PARTNER FOR RESIDENTIAL STORAGE VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS - On 16 June...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. Hawaiian Electric Companies Select Plus Power to Build Grid-Scale Battery Project...more