Energy Law

Renewable Energy News, May 19, 2010

Posted on May 19, 2010
Local Vermont & Regional News:Vermont Energy Partnership releases issue brief on renewable energy sources | Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Energy Partnership (VTEP) today released its latest issue brief, ?Renewable Energy Sources in Vermont: A Status Report...

Renewable Energy News, May 18, 2010

Posted on May 18, 2010
Local Vermont & Regional News:Green Mountain Power wins approval for Berlin solar project | The Burlington Free Press Vermont's second-largest power company has won state approval to build a new solar power project in Berlin. Green Mountain Power says the project will generate 200 kilowatt-hours of electricity from 952 solar panels installed on about an acre of land in Berlin...

Renewable Energy News, May 14, 2010

Posted on May 14, 2010
National News:E.P.A. Issues Final Emissions Rule - Green Blog - NYTimes.comThe Environmental Protection Agency just issued a final rule for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from major stationary sources like refineries, power plants and cement production factories...

Renewable Energy News, May 12, 2010

Posted on May 12, 2010
Senate Climate Bill Makes Its Debut - Green Blog - NYTimes.comSenators John F. Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, presented their long-delayed proposal to address global warming and energy Wednesday afternoon...

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Renewable Energy News, May 10, 2010

Posted on May 10, 2010
Conference: Local Renewable Energy on a Smart Grid | Vermont Business MagazineThe 2010 Distributed Generation Northeast Conference, hosted by Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) brings together more than 200 business leaders, policy-makers, utilities and others committed to expanding Vermont's use of renewable, sustainable energy - and are looking at more efficient, cost effective ways to transmit that power to commercial and residential customers...

Renewable Energy News, May 7, 2010

Posted on May 07, 2010
VPR News: Welch Energy Efficiency Bill Passes HouseAn initiative by Congressman Peter Welch to reduce energy consumption and create jobs has passed the U.S. House. VPR's Ross Sneyd reports. Vermont Senate backs Hydro-Quebec renewable-energy status | The Burlington Free Press The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to back a bill that grants Hydro-Quebec status as a renewable-energy source, a move supporters say will give Vermonters a better deal on power but that environmentalists contend will discourage creation of new renewable energy...

Renewable Energy News, May 6, 2010

Posted on May 06, 2010
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions fell record 7% last year | USATODAY.comEnergy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell a record 7% last year, due partly to the economic downturn, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. While emissions have fallen in three of the last four years, 2009's drop was the largest since the U...

Renewable Energy News, May 5, 2010

Posted on May 05, 2010
Google?s Energy Foray: What?s Up? - Green Blog - NYTimes.comCompanies like Google and Facebook capitalize on the power of user data, scouring our e-mail messages and profiles for keywords that can result in lucrative targeted advertising. Google is explicit about its mission ?to organize the world?s information and make it universally accessible and useful...

Renewable Energy News, May 4, 2010

Posted on May 04, 2010
Peter Welch says Vermont would get job boom out of Home Star energy bill | The Burlington Free Press | Burlington, VermontVermont's lone representative to the U.S. House says a bill designed to make homes more energy efficient would help create jobs. Democratic Rep...

Renewable Energy News, May 3, 2010

Posted on May 03, 2010
VPR News: Advocates Say Vermont Lags In Wind PowerRenewable energy advocates say Vermont lags behind other New England states in supporting large-scale wind projects. They cite a recent decision by developers to postpone a controversial wind project in Ira as evidence that the state is an unfriendly place to do business...

Commerce Clause Challenge to Renewable Portfolio Standards

Posted on April 30, 2010
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. is suing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Commerce Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages for facially discriminating against out-of-state renewable energy sources.According to its April 16, 2010 complaint, TransCanada Power Marketing is a power marketing company that purchases electricity wholesale and sells it to distribution utilities and retail customers in the northeastern U...

Renewable Energy News, April 29, 2010

Posted on April 29, 2010
Renewable Energy Rally in Montpelier, VT on April 30: Rutland Herald OnlineIf a coalition of Vermont college students has its way, the future of Vermont Yankee ? specifically what to replace that nuclear power with ? will be a big issue in this year's gubernatorial campaign...

Updated: Cape Wind Project Approved

Posted on April 28, 2010
The Boston Globe's Green Blog is reporting that Interior Sec. Salazar has approved the Cape Wind Project:In a groundbreaking decision that some say will usher in a new era of clean energy, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the nation's first offshore wind farm today off Cape Cod, a person briefed on the decision said this morning...

Renewable Energy News, April 28, 2010

Posted on April 28, 2010
Cape wind farm ruling coming today | CapeCodOnline.comU.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will today announce his decision on the controversial and much-debated wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod. Salazar will make his announcement at noon today in Boston at the State House along with Gov...

Renewable Energy News, April 27, 2010

Posted on April 27, 2010
'Energy Only' Bill in Senate Would Be Tough Sell - NYTimes.comIf Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) bolts the Senate climate coalition, it must be time to turn to the "energy only" bill that centrist Democrats have been promoting as a bipartisan alternative to a climate bill, right? Not so fast...

Renewable Energy News, April 26, 2010

Posted on April 26, 2010
New England to upgrade electric grid to cut bills - Boston.comPower companies in New England are beginning work on a nearly half-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the region's electric grid to make way for appliances that can shut down to reduce electric bills, improve energy conservation and connect to wind and solar energy...

Renewable Energy News, April 23, 2010

Posted on April 23, 2010
Green Mountain College installs biomass plant - Boston.comVermont's Green Mountain College celebrated Earth Day by opening a new $5.8 million combined heat and power plant fueled by wood chips from area forests.New energy powers up lobbying | Alexandra Arkin - POLITICO...

Renewable Energy News, April 22, 2010

Posted on April 22, 2010
The new environmentalists wear hard hats; an interview with Van Jones | Climate Progress?It?s going to be a different kind of environmentalism. Sleeves rolled up, hard hat, lunch bucket, that?s going to become the image of the environmentalist rather than just our beloved tree huggers...

Renewable Energy News, April 21, 2010

Posted on April 21, 2010
Vermont Launches Renewable Energy AtlasThe Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), in conjunction with the Vermont Center for Geographic Information and Fountains Spatial, Inc., announced the launch of The Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont, a state-of-the-art GIS-based web application that identifies, analyzes, and visualizes existing and promising locations for renewable energy projects...

Renewable Energy News, April 20, 2010

Posted on April 20, 2010
Renewable Energy Certificates Market Could Nearly Triple in Size by 2015 | Business WireThe Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) has rapidly emerged in recent years as a significant financial and regulatory instrument to support the growth of renewable energy in the United States...

Renewable Energy News, April 19, 2010

Posted on April 19, 2010
Local couple shows off energy-efficient home - Brattleboro ReformerAfter the time and money they invested into their 1906 cape-style house, John and Barbara Evans opened their home on Kipling Road to the public Saturday. The couple wasn't showing off a new addition or a renovated kitchen; instead, they proudly displayed their energy-efficient home...

Renewable Energy News, April 15, 2010

Posted on April 15, 2010
VT utility makes $13m-$15m deal with town for wind - WCAX.COM:Vermont's second largest electric utility is going to pay the town of Lowell between $13 million and $15 million over the next 25 years in exchange for support of a wind-power project.Federal energy expert to join Burlington geothermal forum | The Burlington Free Press:If Vermonters want to overcome "first-cost disease" as they mull (and delay) efficiency investments in their homes, they need look no further than oil prices in the upcoming decade - and maybe consider geothermal heat, a U...

Renewable Energy News, April 14, 2010

Posted on April 14, 2010
Anti-pollution device nets profits for Vt. biomass plant | Boston.comA wood-burning power plant in Burlington is celebrating its 25th birthday with an announcement that an anti-pollution device it installed in 2008 is paying off. Burlington's municipal electric department says it installed a $10 million nitrogen oxide reduction system in the McNeil Generating Station in 2008 to cut pollution that leads to the creation in the atmosphere of a pollutant called ozone...

Renewable Energy News, April 13, 2010

Posted on April 13, 2010
What the John Paul Stevens Retirement Means for Energy Progress | GristJonathan Hiskes at Grist writes about the potential impact Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens' retirement might have on environmental and energy issues.Europe Finds Cleaner Energy Source by Burning Trash - NYTimes...

Renewable Energy News, April 12, 2010

Posted on April 12, 2010
Vt. Project in Hot Water for Solar Panels - Boston.comA Brattleboro building project is in hot water with the federal government for solar hot water panels on the roof.The Times Argus in Barre says the historic factory building was boarded up after several uses over the years...

Renewable Energy News, April 9, 2010

Posted on April 09, 2010
AWEA Releases U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report: American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its annual market report today. Highlights include: Over 10,000 MW of wind was installed in 2009, the largest year in U.S. history, keeping the U...

Renewable Energy News, April 8, 2010

Posted on April 08, 2010
Algae & Energy in the Northeast - Presentations from the recent University of Vermont Conference UVM hosted an excellent conference last month on the future of algae production for energy in the northeast. They've finally posted some of the presentations from the conference on the web...

Renewable Energy News, April 7, 2010

Posted on April 07, 2010
EERE News: Clean Energy Conferences Sprout in Spring and Early SummerSpring is here, and grass and flowers aren't the only green things sprouting: Clean energy conferences are popping up all over.Larry Summers and Carol Browner say Obama won?t budge on placing a price on global warming pollution « Climate ProgressWhite House aides Larry Summers and Carol Browner insisted that the administration was willing to bend on several key issues, including the mechanism for pricing carbon and increased domestic energy exploration...

Renewable Energy News, April 6, 2010

Posted on April 06, 2010
Report: Cost of electricity could go down in 10 years | Brattleboro ReformerIf the state of Vermont were to pursue an aggressive policy to put in place regulations that would encourage the expansion of renewable energy sources in less than 10 years, state ratepayers might actually pay less for electricity than they do now...

Renewable Energy News, April 5, 2010

Posted on April 05, 2010
Here's what we're reading today:Life after Vermont Yankee: Anxiety or relief? | The Burlington Free PressReporter Terri Hallenbeck at the Burlington Free Press takes a look at a post-Vermont Yankee Vermont.Vermont Law School gets $450k for smart grid study (via AP)Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy and Environment receives $450k for research on smart grid technology Road Island PUC Rejects Power Purchase Agreement for Off-Shore Wind Project | RenewablesBizThe Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission unanimously rejected the PPA negotiated by Deepwater Wind and National Grid for an eight-turbine project off Block Island...

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