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CPUC Seeks Comments on Centralized Procurement Mechanism Impacting California Offshore Wind Development

On April 26, 2024, Administrative Law Judge Julie Fitch of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a ruling seeking comments on the use and implementation of a centralized procurement mechanism established in...more

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Floating Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine—BOEM and the State of Maine Take Next Steps Toward Development and Procurement of...

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Marching toward its goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published on May 1, 2024, a proposed sale notice (PSN) to auction eight lease areas for commercial...more

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BOEM Floats Proposal to Modernize Offshore Wind Regulations

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A new proposal aims to streamline the process for permitting and developing offshore renewable energy projects and reduce costs to developers. On January 30, 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a...more

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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Proposes Amendments to Modernize Offshore Wind Regulations

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The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed rule to update regulations for the development of offshore wind energy resources, found at 30 C.F.R. Part 585.1 The...more

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USFWS Proposes General Permits for Wind and Powerline Projects That May Disturb Bald Eagles

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In today’s Federal Register, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or Service) proposed the creation of general permits for bald and golden eagle incidental takes that would be available to qualifying wind energy...more

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Attention Ohio energy developers: Ohio Power Siting Board issues proposed rule revisions

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On June 16, 2022, the Ohio Power Siting Board (“Board” or “OPSB”) issued a comprehensive set of proposed revisions to the rules governing the procedures before the OPSB and its siting criteria. The Order culminates a...more

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California Offshore Wind Gains Momentum with Two Key Milestones in April

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In early April there were two major leaps forward in offshore wind development in California. On April 6, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a bureau within the U.S. Interior Department, released a Draft...more

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Canada's Clean Electricity Standard Consultation Underway

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The Government of Canada (through Environment and Climate Change Canada) launched a consultation through the publication of a discussion paper, "A Clean Electricity Standard in support of a net-zero electricity sector:...more

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New York State Revises Solar and Wind Property Tax Calculator

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On September 17, 2021, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance came out with a second (revised) preliminary appraisal model for assessing solar and wind energy projects. Its initial preliminary appraisal model...more

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DOI Announces Proposed Lease Sale for Offshore Wind Development for New York and New Jersey

On June 11, 2021, the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a proposed sale notice to sell commercial wind energy leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York...more

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USFWS proposes to codify Trump Administration position on MBTA

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Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a pre-publication version of its long-awaited update to regulations governing Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) implementation (Proposed Regulations)....more

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PURPA Dispute at FERC Raises New Questions for Co-Located Energy Storage

On August 31, 2018, NorthWestern Corporation (NorthWestern) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) to revoke the qualifying small power production facility (QF) status of four wind projects...more

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Maine DEP Developing New Rule For Wind Power Projects

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it is developing a new Site Law rule that will address certain development standards for wind projects. The standards that will be addressed by the new rule...more

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US FWS Releases Draft Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan

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On April 15, 2016, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued its Draft Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) proposing a regional approach to...more

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Streamlining the Siting of Transmission in the West - Why Transmission and Renewable Energy Project Developers Should Care About...

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Early this month, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued notice (81 FR 5283) of a proposed rule aimed at streamlining the pre-application process for transmission developers to obtain federal authorization to construct and...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final 4(d) Rule for Northern Long-Eared Bat Under Endangered Species Act

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In April 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a final decision to list the northern long-eared bat as threatened and, rather than publishing a final 4(d) rule, opted to publish an interim 4(d) rule...more

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American Wind Energy Association Seeks Revisions to Generator Interconnection Rules

On June 19, 2015, the American Wind Energy Association (“AWEA”) filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) for a rulemaking to revise the FERC’s pro forma Large Generator Interconnection...more

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