A Better Path for Reliability, Resilience and Affordability By Todd FoleyOctober 23, 2017 A few weeks ago, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry proposed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) intervene in the nation’s electricity markets to establish new rules that would have electricity consumers subsidize uneconomical coal and nuclear power plants and pay more for power in their electricity bills. In response, today ACORE submitted comments to FERC emphasizing the important… Read more
Responding to Administrator Pruitt’s Comments on the Wind and Solar Tax Credits By Gregory WetstoneOctober 23, 2017 Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.The Hill As reported recently by The Hill, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt thinks the solar investment tax credit and wind production tax credit should be eliminated. Speaking at an event in Kentucky, Pruitt said “I would do away with these incentives that we give to wind and solar…I’d let… Read more
Renewable Energy Finance: State of Play By Keith Martin, Norton Rose FulbrightAugust 22, 2017 Four project developers did a rapid survey across the renewable energy finance landscape at the 14th annual Wall Street Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York in late June. The conference is organized by the American Council on Renewable Energy and Euromoney. The four are Jim Murphy, president and chief operating officer of Invenergy, Gaetan… Read more
Offshore Wind in the US: A Look at Industry Prospects By George Felcyn, Bracewell, LLPMay 2, 2017 Proponents of renewable energy in the U.S. have watched as a growing number of once promising innovations—from solar and onshore wind farms to geothermal and distributed generation—have increasingly achieved commercial scale around the country. Yet the development of large-scale offshore wind projects has lagged that of its renewable counterparts in the U.S., as well as… Read more
Understanding the Legal Challenges to the Clean Power Plan By Fabian KoehrerOctober 12, 2016 On August 3rd, 2015, President Barak Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP sets the first national standards to address carbon pollution from existing power plants and demonstrates to the global community that the United States is willing to take action to combat climate change.… Read more
ACORE’s US-Canada Renewable Energy Forum Highlights Climate Week NYC By Scott ClausenSeptember 8, 2016 On Thursday, September 22nd, ACORE presented the US-Canada Renewable Energy Forum, with the support of the Canadian Consulate in New York, Brookfield Asset Management and Phillips Lytle, LLP. Held during Climate Week NYC, the forum discussed recent policy developments and worked to identify opportunities for collaboration and cross-border projects to increase the development of renewable energy in the United States and… Read more
