In 2015, Congress passed a law providing a 30% investment tax credit for solar developers. Since then, there has been much confusion about the sunset provisi...

The 2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act (commonly referred to as the “Farm Bill”), a $489 billion piece of legislation which aims to fund a wide variety of ru...

The California Energy Commission approved the 2019 Building Energy Code on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, requiring renewable energy access for all new residential ...

The Department of Energy has announced a new multi-million (nearly $70M) dollar research and development grant program aimed at achieving the following three...

For the first time in the utility industry the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given authorization to a utility company to utilize drone technology...

Many within the electric utility industry, including both NRECA & APPA, have joined in the filing of a motion before FERC seeking an extended timeframe for i...

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, drones have been utilized in numerous instances to aid in the recovery process. One Electric Cooperative was ...

On Friday, September 29, Rick Perry directed FERC to undertake a formal rulemaking within the next 60 days aimed at compensating baseload generation. The mai...

In August 2017, the Department of Energy released a report titled, “Staff Report on Electricity Markets and Reliability.” One primary concern highlighted is ...

William Wehrum, an energy industry attorney and former EPA official, has been tapped to fulfill one of the agency’s most consequential roles. Last week, Pres...

On February 9, 2017, Beaver Creek Wind filed applications with FERC seeking an order to certify four wind projects in Stillwater County, Montana as QFs. This...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy continues its expansion of its energy holdings as it has announced a $9 billion deal to purchase bankrupt Energy F...

Recent cyber attacks throughout Europe and the U.S. lead many within the utility industry to focus on the importance of cybersecurity. In fact, The American ...

As part of the final rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses issued in May 2016, employers had a compliance deadline for the electronic su...

President Trump has signed an executive order on cybersecurity, including protecting the nation’s power grid. The executive order directs the Secretary of En...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this morning granted the White House’s request for a pause in litigation on the Clean Power Pl...

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jones Day attorney Kevin McIntyre as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Trump also plans to name ...

Recent court orders find in favor of public power entities in identical cases against Aksamit Resource Managment. A Platte County District Court judge found ...