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Who Should Be In Charge of Board ESG Responsibilities?
April 28, 2022 | Blog | By Jennifer Rubin, Jacob Hupart, Megan Gates
ML Strategies Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — April 2022
March 30, 2022 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
ML Strategies Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - March 2022
February 25, 2022 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
SMART Program Doubles Capacity
January 5, 2022 | Blog | By Kaoru Suzuki
On December 30, 2021, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued an order doubling the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program. The order extends the declining block incentive program from 1,600 to 3,200 MW of solar capacity – a move expected to create capacity for new projects and release a bottleneck of stagnant projects.
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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates — January 2022
December 30, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - December 2021
November 30, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Pricing Overseas Carbon: The Rise of Border Adjustment Mechanisms on Both Sides of the Pond
September 10, 2021 | Blog | By Kaoru Suzuki, Luke Haubenstock
In the past several months, lawmakers in both the United States and the European Union have introduced legislation to enact carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAMs) in their respective jurisdictions. While the US and EU proposals face roadblocks to their adoption (in the US) and full implementation (in both the US and EU), these two landmark initiatives signal a potential shift toward the usage of novel legal and regulatory tools – in this instance from the field of international trade – to promote climate policy.
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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - August 2021
August 2, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - July 2021
July 16, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Energy-as-a-Service: the Netflix-ification of the Energy Market?
July 15, 2021 | Blog | By Kristopher Kirkwood, Luke Haubenstock
Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) is a rapidly growing business model in which energy service providers offer an assortment of energy-related services to customers. In contrast to the traditional energy model of simply charging customers based upon the number of kWh of electricity used, EaaS business models can include services ranging from energy-related advice to energy equipment installations to energy management.
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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - June 2021
June 2, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Read the latest energy policy updates coming out of the Capitol, including critical energy provisions in the Biden administration’s budget proposal
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Washington Energy & Sustainability Updates - May 2021
April 28, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
Public Benefit Corporations and the SPAC Surge
April 21, 2021 | Blog | By Thomas R. Burton, III, Gianna Nappi
Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates – April 2021
March 31, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
SEC Announces Creation of a Climate and ESG Task Force to Identify Alleged ESG Misdeeds
March 5, 2021 | Blog | By Thomas Burton
Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates – March 2021
March 2, 2021 | Blog | By R. Neal Martin
As Walsh Awaits Confirmation Vote, DOL Priorities Take Shape
February 16, 2021 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio, R. Neal Martin
Last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions voted 18-4 to advance Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination for labor secretary. The bipartisan approval signals a non-controversial confirmation vote of the full Senate. When that occurs, Secretary-designate Walsh will take over a department that is front and center in the nascent Biden administration. Executing White House priorities including the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, and reversing certain Trump era actions, will soon be Walsh’s responsibility. His experience in Massachusetts politics gives a sense of how Walsh will approach his new post.
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DC Circuit Vacates Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule
February 3, 2021 | Blog | By Garrett Galvin
On January 19, 2021 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “DC Circuit”) vacated the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (the “ACE Rule”), a policy instituted by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) on June 19, 2019 that weakened emissions standards for power plants and empowered states to set their own energy standards.
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Highlights of the Section 45Q Final Regulations
January 29, 2021 | Blog
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