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U.S. renewable energy company plans to submit Chapter 11 claim against Canada

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 24 2011

On July 14, Mesa Power Group, LLC, a renewable energy developer, announced that it has filed a notice of intent to submit a North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 11 arbitration claim against Canada for alleged breaches of NAFTA obligations

Utility MACT lawsuits

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • April 22 2012

Thirty petitioners, including 24 states as well as industry and environmental groups, filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit before the April 16 deadline to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury and air toxics standards for power plants

U.S. government financing supports Indian renewable energy projects

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • India, USA
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  • July 24 2011

The U.S. government’s finance institution, The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), plans to invest $520 million in financing and insuring solar energy projects in India by the end of 2011

FAA plans to set goal of 1 billion gallons of alternative fuel use by aviation in 2018

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • July 31 2011

On July 28, the FAA announced it will set an “aspirational” target in a yet-to-be-published strategic plan, Destination 2025, for the U.S. aviation industry to use 1 billion gallons of alternative jet fuel per year by 2018

Renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility tax credit enacted

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • July 24 2011

Oregon passed a bill (H.B. 2523) creating a new income tax credit for the certified costs of a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, defined as any structure, building, installation, excavation, device, machinery, or equipment

Seven projects fast-track transmission siting process

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • October 9 2011

Capping two years of interagency negotiations following the signing of a memorandum of nine federal agencies in 2009 to streamline the approval process, the Obama Administration announced plans October 5 to expedite the permitting and construction of seven interstate electric transmission projects that would total over 2,500 miles of high-voltage transmission lines across 12 states

Solar jobs grow

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • October 24 2011

The Solar Foundation released its Natural Solar Jobs Census 2011 last week

FERC Keystone authority legislation approved

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • February 12 2012

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved February 7 legislation (H.R. 3548) that would shift permitting authority of the Keystone XL pipeline from the State Department to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Solar Decathlon opens

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • September 25 2011

University teams featuring over 4,000 students from around the world opened the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 September 22 to showcase 19 highly energy efficient solar-powered houses

Personnel

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • May 27 2012

The Senate approved May 24 Tony Clark of North Dakota and John Norris of Iowa to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Adam Sieminski to be administrator of the Energy Information Administration