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Bar on military purchases of Chinese solar panels

  • Stoel Rives LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • January 10 2011

In a blow to China’s position as the world’s dominant producer of solar panels, the new military authorization law prevents the Defense Department from buying Chinese-made solar panels, but allows it to buy solar panels from any country that has signed the W.T.O.’s side agreement on government procurement

New Defense Authorization Act imposes Buy American Act mandate for photovoltaics

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 18 2011

The 2011 Defense Authorization Act signed by the President this week contains a requirement in Section 846 for the Department of Defense to incorporate a clause in specified solar energy contracts requiring photovoltaic devices provided under the contract to comply with the Buy American Act, 41 U.S.C. 10a et seq., subject to the exceptions recognized under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, 19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq. or otherwise provided by law

New York solicits renewable portfolio attributes proposals

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 24 2011

On Thursday, January 20, 2011, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ("NYSERDA") issued a request for proposals for up to $250 million in renewable portfolio standard attributes ("RPS Attributes"

Ohio Senate approves 3-year SB 232 extension in budget bill

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2011

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a 3-year extension of last session’s “Senate Bill 232,” which significantly reduced the tax burden on certain advanced energy projects, in the latest version of the state budget bill

San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 24 2012

The City of San Francisco has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging that the agency’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was negligent in supervising state regulatory agencies and public utilities, which left gas pipeline operators in California unregulated, and purportedly contributed to a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion

$7b in contracting opportunities for renewable energy projects

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 8 2012

On August 7, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued its long-awaited request for proposal to procure up to $7 billion worth of locally generated renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements and other contractual equivalents

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers solicits $7 billion of new renewable energy

  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2012

On August 8, 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers posted a request for proposals from renewable energy developers to offer the government up to $7 billion of total contracted energy from new projects for use on U.S. Army installations over a period of 30 years

Developers and sponsors of merchant transmission facing regulatory “Catch 22" in many US jurisdictions

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 31 2011

Non-utility developers and sponsors of merchant transmission are finding themselves caught in a "Catch 22" under the laws of several states as they seek to develop new projects in competition with incumbent utilities

Breaking down the army's $7 billion RFP for renewable energy

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 26 2012

The draft RFP issued by the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force is a significant step in the Army’s plan to develop large-scale renewable energy projects