On March 30, 2021, a federal court granted the California Chamber of Commerce's preliminary injunction to temporarily bar the California Attorney General and any private litigants from filing any new Proposition 65 lawsuits...more
On March 30, 2021, a federal court granted the California Chamber of Commerce's (CalChamber) preliminary injunction to temporarily bar the California Attorney General and any private litigants from filing any new Proposition...more
This month, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed substantial changes to Proposition 65’s short-form warning requirements....more
On July 17, 2020, a California federal judge denied the last remaining challenge made by the Trump Administration to California's cap-and-trade program agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec. ...more
The Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (ReMAT) program at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is again front and center after Staff working on the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) have issued a Proposal to...more
On May 7, 2020, the California Energy Commission (CEC) issued proposed regulations implementing changes to the renewables portfolio standard (RPS) long-term contracting requirements for publicly owned utilities (POUs) imposed...more
Since August 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been working on the development of a new standard offer contract for small power projects to sell their power to California investor-owned utilities...more
In 2018, the New Hampshire legislature enacted a law requiring electric distribution companies in the state to offer to purchase the net output of eligible biomass and waste facilities within their service territories at a...more
In Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc ., the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) revoked the Qualifying Facility (QF) status of a “hybrid” power project proposed by Eco Green Generation, LLC (Eco Green)....more
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) has been granted a plant abandonment transmission rate incentive (the Abandonment Incentive) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reduce potential risks associated with...more
In June 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission initiated a review of price formation in energy and ancillary services markets operated by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators....more
As California marches forward with its aggressive renewable energy targets, expecting to procure half of its electricity from renewables by 2030, a recent federal district court decision calls into question the...more
California’s old Proposition 65 warnings, which have been in place since 1986 are about to get a facelift – under newly adopted regulations by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), what was once “clear...more
On July 17, 2017, the California Assembly and the Senate voted to extend California’s Cap-and-Trade Program from 2021 to 2030 (Assembly Bill (“AB”) 398). Governor Brown is widely expected to sign the bill in the coming...more
On January 4, 2017, at the start of this year’s legislative session, Assemblymember Marc Levine of Marin County introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 79, which is intended to cap the amount of coal-generated electricity used in...more