Category — Planning & Development
FERC Issues Pilot License for New York Tidal Project
On January 23, 2012, FERC issued the first pilot project license to Verdant Power, LLC (“Verdant”) for its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project No. 12611 (“RITE”). The RITE project will be a 1,050 kW tidal project located on New York’s East River, and the project will use natural tidal currents to generate power from turbines mounted on the riverbed. [Read more →]
January 31, 2012 Comments Off
International Trade Commission finds U.S. Solar Firms “Injured” By Imports of Particular Products from China
On December 2, 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) voted 6-0 that there was a reasonable indication that the U.S. solar panel and cells industry has been injured or is threatened with injury by imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from China. This ruling stems from an October 18, 2011 complaint by SolarWorld Industries America Inc. (See October 24, 2011 edition of the WER). [Read more →]
December 13, 2011 Comments Off
FERC Technical Conference Addresses Reliability Issues and EPA Regulations
On November 29 and 30, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) held a Commissioner-led Technical Conference on electric reliability issues. Of note, the Commission devoted an entire day of the conference to the impact of the EPA’s regulations on electric reliability. [Read more →]
December 5, 2011 Comments Off
A Boon for Renewable Energy Projects- Department of the Interior Proposes Reforms of Leasing Regulations on American Indian Land
On November 28, 2011, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk announced the beginning of a major reform of federal surface leasing regulations for American Indian Lands. The Department of the Interior, as trustee responsible for managing approximately 56 million surface acres in Indian Country, currently processes requests for land leases and subleases without a defined process or deadline for review. [Read more →]
December 5, 2011 Comments Off
White House to Review DOE Loan Guarantee Program as Flywheel Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy
On October 28, 2011, White House Chief of Staff, William Daley, announced that there will be an independent analysis of the Department of Energy (“DOE”) loan portfolio, and particularly more than two dozen renewable energy loans and loan guarantees made by the DOE program. The review will be led by Herb Allison, a former U.S. Treasury official.
November 7, 2011 Comments Off
