1+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) The state alleges the Trump administration “abuses its authority” by diminishing the value of offshore wind energy leases before it makes an “unrefusable offer” to developers. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission filed a lawsuit Friday…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (444+ words) “We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,” said Amanda Levin, NRDC’s director of policy analysis. An August report from Global Energy Monitor counts…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (467+ words) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reject a proposal that states share filing rights with the PJM Interconnection and its transmission owners, a former FERC chairman writes. Joseph Kelliher is principal of Joseph Kelliher Consulting, former chairman of the Federal…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (532+ words) A shift in asset investment planning can help utilities quantify risk and defend wildfire mitigation plans to regulators, stakeholders and the public, writes Jeff Pauska at IFS Copperleaf. Jeff Pauska is vice president of product management for IFS Copperleaf. Ultimately,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (503+ words) The lease cancellations “are causing ongoing harm” to California, which has “invested more than $100 million to support the development of wind energy,” the state’s attorney general said. California’s lawsuit follows last week’s announcement from Interior that it reached an agreement…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (492+ words) Invenergy will redirect the funds toward natural gas plants in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri as well as geothermal projects, the U.S. Department of the Interior said. The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday announced it reached an agreement to…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (344+ words) The Trump administration acted unreasonably in eliminating the 5% total cost threshold as a route for wind and solar projects to prove tax credit eligibility, a federal judge ruled. However, given the remand, the potential for “an appeal of the ruling…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (336+ words) Seven states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that the administration acted outside of its powers when it reached a March agreement with TotalEnergies to pay the company $795 million in exchange for the cancellation of its…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (448+ words) The state’s Justice Department is “investigating potential violations of law” associated with offshore wind lease buyouts and anticipates litigation, the California Energy Commission said. The California Energy Commission is investigating the deal that Golden State Wind made with the U....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (560+ words) “There won’t be the votes unless we can have some assurance,” Sen. King, I-Maine, told the Interior secretary. “And it would really help if you would move those permits that are sitting on your desk.” “Will you comply with that…...