E2 Law Blog

JULY 13, 2023

On June 14, 2023, the IRS released proposed and temporary regulations and additional guidance describing rules for applicable taxpayers to benefit from clean energy projects through electing to receive direct payment for the amount of the 12 applicable U.S. federal income tax credits.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On 5 February 2024, the European Parliament and Council of the EU announced that they had reached a provisional political agreement on the text of the ESG Ratings Regulation (the Regulation). The agreed text was subsequently published on 14 February 2024. Refer to this Latham blog post for previous commentary on the proposal.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. DPU is directed to promulgate updated regulations in accordance with the legislation. The post Massachusetts Passes Climate Bill Focused on Clean Energy and Offshore Wind first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

EPA on Thursday, June 30, 2022, curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country. The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. What does this mean for clean energy projects?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Because batteries can be hazardous if improperly handled, transporting them involves additional regulations and can constitute 40 to 60% of battery recycling costs.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. So while it likes to talk about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage”, the government is actively dismantling it. It will be something to watch.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In late October 2020, the New York City Department of Finance issued proposed regulations to implement a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loan program in NYC to provide targeted loans with favorable terms to building owners for installation of systems designed to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As described in Latham’s previous reporting on the rulemaking [iii] and adoption [iv] of Rule 2305, the regulation applies to warehouses in the South Coast Air Basin [v] of 100,000 square feet or more and aims to reduce regional nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and local diesel particulate matter emissions. i] Case No.: 2:21-cv-6341. [ii]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Growing by over 30 percent-- to 92,773 jobs since the height of the COVID-19 economic crisis in 2020–clean energy jobs in Pennsylvania have proved their resilience. Increased investment in the clean energy sector can support the continued trajectory of this job market lifting up Pennsylvania’s communities.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

In a new post, Dan Farber mentions performance-based regulation as a promising tool for encouraging energy utilities to be enthusiastic in supporting the transition to clean energy sources. The theory is that the regulators would establish performance targets which, if exceeded, would lead to a generous economic reward.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Investment tax credit regulations the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. 17 seek to give private businesses clarity in their efforts to invest in clean energy projects. Read the full story at ESG Dive. Department of the Treasury proposed Nov.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The regulations are intended to set performance standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants including new gas plants, … Continue reading A reliable grid depends on rapid clean energy deployment. EPA’s proposed standards help accelerate that shift.

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Environmental Law Centre

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).[1] 1] The amendments to the.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Consumers Energy proposed $10 million. Other state regulators are setting an example. Utilities, meanwhile, are calling for a higher budget cap. Indiana Michigan Power, for example, recommended a $5-million cap.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

DeFrank and Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow to examine PUC regulations and potential regulatory changes related to DERs and examine the upcoming impact of federal rules allowing DER participation in the wholesale energy market, to ensure that Pennsylvania is not left behind. .:

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. So while it likes to talk about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage”, the government is actively dismantling it. It will be something to watch.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Permitting them to violate these critical regulations means taxpayers have to shoulder the cost of monitoring, remediation, and cleanup, if they happen at all. VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid. EN: What needs to be done to make the electric grid more equitable—and reliable?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen. the “three pillars”).

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 12, 2022

Increasingly, states are recognizing equity as a goal of utility regulation, going beyond traditionally stated objectives to ensure that electricity systems are reliable, safe, and fairly priced. … Read more →

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Two thirds (65 per cent) support the government passing new sustainable finance regulations in the financial sector, with more preferring mandatory than voluntary regulations. The desire for mandatory regulations is driven by skepticism that financial institutions would respect voluntary regulations.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 17, 2023

In a wide-ranging report, released March 30, the Government Accountability Office outlined some of the challenges facing energy storage and detailed the planning, regulation and market changes necessary to promote its widespread use. Read the full story at Utility Dive.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

With some notable exceptions, they’ve tended to drag their feet on the energy transition. The proposed Clean Energy Standard is one effort to deal with this problem. In those states where rates are regulated, regulators can do some things to shift these incentives. The Problem.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. The costs will be too great otherwise.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Today, California took another important step in planning for the transition to clean energy, a step that’s been a long time coming. Setting goals and planning for the clean energy transition is important, but what really matters is following through on those plans.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

These efforts mark an emerging trend of legislative bodies directing utility regulators to help advance climate policies. This enhanced vision of utility regulation gives me hope in the fight against climate change. Public Utility Regulatory Authority decisions are statutorily guided by the state’s energy strategy.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 2, 2023

The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality on Friday proposed measures that could speed up permitting for clean energy and other projects on federal land.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The [DEP] Energy Programs Office will implement programs under the IIJA (~$67 million) and IRA (~$261 million) to assist with their energy resilience, clean energy, and decarbonization efforts. Climate & Clean Energy The most serious environmental threat facing Pennsylvania now and in the future is climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

We already have so many of the foundational technological building blocks of the clean energy transition at hand: renewables, energy efficiency, energy storage, and pathways to electrifying a vast array of energy end uses. Now we need to rapidly accelerate the clean energy momentum already underway.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The key changes DOE is proposing to make to its categorical exclusions are as follows: Solar PV Projects : DOE’s current NEPA regulations include a categorical exclusion ( Exclusion B5.16 ) for certain categories of solar PV projects.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations , published in the Federal Register Dec. 26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2022

Department of Energy issued a Request For Information (RFI) to inform a $500 million program funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across America. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. million acres in the United States.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Under TSCA, … Continue reading EPA announces innovative effort to bring new chemicals used in electric vehicle, semiconductor, clean energy sectors to market.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

The energy community has eagerly anticipated the release of guidance related to new Code Sections 6417 and 6418 covering direct pay and transferability of renewable and alternative energy tax credits.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

We are therefore calling on Congress to immediately pass the $555 billion in clean energy and climate investments included in the reconciliation bill. “Addressing climate change at the speed and scale required by science is as vital today as it was yesterday. Related Articles: -- U.S.

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Vorys Law

JANUARY 19, 2021

EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule). The 2019 ACE Rule replaced the 2015 Clean Power Plan as a means of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants. EPA has the authority to regulate GHG emissions, “the central operative terms of the ACE Rule. Circuit issued an Order vacating U.S.

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