Expanding Energy Storage Through Cross-Cultural Insights With Dr. Marco Terruzin, Energy Vault — Battery + Storage Podcast
Storing Gravitational and Hybrid Energy, With Dr. Raj Talluri, Enovix — Battery + Storage Podcast
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Power, Privacy, and Protection: Unpacking Security Challenges in the Energy Sector - Energy Law Insights
Duke Develops Flexible Energy Storage Options to Enhance Reliability and Maximize Value With Laurel Meeks, Duke Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Podcast - Carbon Markets Lightning Round: State and Federal Updates
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
Decoding Battery Analytics With Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of ACCURE Battery Intelligence — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Vital Importance of Pipeline and Transmission Infrastructure to Decarbonization - Energy Law Insights
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA
Advancing Eco-Friendly Battery Recycling With Storm Energia — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
Current Generating Capacity - As of 2024, total installed electric generating capacity in the United States is approximately 1,250 gigawatts (GWs). This capacity is distributed across a diverse mix of energy sources, with...more
California’s utilities regulator on May 30 adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will undercut efforts to expand solar power options for lower-income...more
Maryland has long been a solar-friendly state, and the Brighter Tomorrow Act, signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore last month, will expand access and adoption of solar energy. The legislation is both a supportive and...more
Solar Powered Generation Sees Significant Growth while Some Solar Energy is Increasingly Blocked from Production - Our Currents focus article this month is on developments in the growth of solar electric power generation...more
Our Currents’ focus article this month is on developments in the growth of solar electric power generation and obstacles to future growth that are occurring around the U.S. from environmental groups and other energy producers...more
In this episode, host Bill Derasmo chats with Laura Pagliarulo, the president of SolaREIT, a renewable energy real estate investment company. Laura shares her journey from environmental enthusiast to SolaREIT co-founder, and...more
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) oversees the siting of large-scale energy facilities like wind and solar power projects, which often include an associated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). BESS is a...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued an April 4th Report titled: April 8 solar eclipse will briefly limit solar electricity generation across the country (“Report”)....more
On March 19, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to approve revisions to NERC’s Rules of Procedure (“ROP”) that would require certain...more
The Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) issued a February 9th report titled: Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform Proposals (“Report”) - The CRS serves as bipartisan shared staff to Congressional committees...more
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC or the Council), which oversees the siting of large-scale energy facilities including wind and solar power projects, voted late last month to initiate rulemaking to clarify...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
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a February 15th report titled: Solar and Battery Storage to Make Up 81% of New U.S. Electric-Generating Capacity in 2024 (“Report”)...more
Solar is Coming, Solar is Here: The Growth of Solar in Coal Country - We reviewed a variety of news stories discussing new solar projects in states – Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania – that have traditionally...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on December 19th, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its December Open Meeting on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 (originally scheduled for Thursday, December 21, 2023). The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued...more
Kilpatrick’s John Livingston recently spoke at “The 2023 Appalachian Clean Energy CLE Workshop” where he led a panel discussing recent legislative updates to the decommissioning requirements in North Carolina for utility...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its November Open Meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice issued November 9, 2023 indicates FERC’s intent to act on several...more
On October 25, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) released a draft roadmap addressing challenges to the interconnection of clean energy projects to the transmission grid. The roadmap, developed by the Interconnection...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) breathed new life into the tax scheme for renewable energy projects, creating a new base tax credit with a series of adders that can significantly increase viability of projects...more
State Requirements For Decommissioning End-Stage Renewable Energy Projects - What Project Participants Need to Know - The first utility scale wind and solar power projects in the United States were developed in the early...more
Domestic Nuclear Power Advancement: Barriers to Entry and the Need for a National Strategy - As previously reported on this site, nuclear generation development has taken hold as a potential promise for a long-term,...more
Hogan Lovells was an advocate sponsor of the 27th Annual Global ABS 2023 Conference held in Barcelona. Dietmar Helms (Hogan Lovells European Structured Finance and Securitisation Partner) and Dennis Stone (Business...more
Legislature Adds Flexibility on In-State Workforce Requirement - On June 30, 2023, the Ohio General Assembly passed the state operating budget (HB 33), which contains a 4-year extension of the Payment in Lieu of Tax...more
Scientists have long proposed that solar electricity generation in space could be an integral component of the world’s carbon-free future. In the 1970s, a U.S. Navy experiment showed that it might be possible to capture solar...more