Artificial intelligence (AI) not only provides new technological advantages to the energy industry, but also the industry is itself responsible for providing the vast (and growing) amount of energy consumption driven by the...more
This report comes to you at the turning of the tide for energy storage: after two years of rising prices and supply chain disruptions, the energy storage industry is starting to see price declines and much-anticipated supply...more
This Insight comes to you at the turning of the tide: after a period of increased pricing and supply chain disruptions, we are starting to see a return to reliable supply and declining prices in the battery energy storage...more
Energy storage: the technology that will cash the checks written by the renewable energy industry. Energy storage can transform intermittent clean energy—primarily derived from wind and solar—into a reliable source of 24/7...more
It’s generation . . . it’s transmission . . . it’s energy storage! The renewable energy industry continues to view energy storage as the superhero that will save it from its greatest problem—intermittent energy production and...more
On January 1, 2023, newly constructed standalone energy storage facilities became eligible for an investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Code of 1986, as amended (Code), pursuant to provisions of the...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, passed by the US Senate on August 7, 2022, will dramatically affect a range of climate change, healthcare, prescription drug pricing, and tax matters. With an investment of more than $400...more
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is slated to provide unprecedented levels of federal spending toward physical infrastructure, allocating $1.2 trillion not only for funding roads, bridges, and rails, but also...more
The US energy storage industry is experiencing rapid growth, with approximately 3.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage installed in 2020, which is greater than the aggregate 3.1 GWh of energy storage installed from 2013...more
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on February 24 to address possible vulnerabilities in the supply chains of critical national economic sectors, including the energy sector. ...more
The latest action by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dismisses an advocacy group’s request that FERC assert jurisdiction over net-metering transactions on procedural grounds, leaving important legal and...more
On July 10, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was well within its rights to prevent states from prohibiting energy storage resources from participating in wholesale...more
This LawFlash provides an overview of the recent executive order limiting the US use of bulk-power system equipment produced by “foreign adversaries,” initial guidance on key questions, and issues that will remain unresolved...more
Annual deployments of energy storage resources in the United States have increased nearly tenfold since 2014, from only 62 MW in 2014 to nearly 500 MW expected for 2019. The big question is whether the nascent energy storage...more
As part of its Integrated Resource Plan and Long-Term Procurement Plan proceeding (IRP-LTPP R.16-02-007, or IRP Proceeding), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously on November 7 to issue a...more
The California Public Utilities Commission issues an unprecedented Resolution that will test the nascent energy storage industry.
On May 26, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued Resolution E-4791 (the...more