Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure

Read about clean power producer and energy storage company FirstLight Power and its successful bid, with a consortium of investors, for a seabed lease in the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale.

Read about the latest round of M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space. Read here.

Read about the USPTO’s commitment to becoming a technology partner to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s WIPO GREEN sustainability wing and its other initiatives to address climate change, plus recent IP litigation and patent developments.

Read Mintz’s summary of important tax provisions included in the recently announced Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. If it is signed into law, the Act will establish a 15% corporate minimum tax; modify the carried interest rule; and expand, extend, and add new energy tax credits.

Our August 2022 Energy & Sustainability Washington Update covers the Inflation Reduction Act, a pending Senate bill calling for significant investments in energy security and addressing climate change, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law opportunities issued by the US Department of Energy.

Read an analysis of the differences between public benefit corporations and traditional corporations and issues for founders of mission-driven business to consider when deciding on a corporate structure.

Our July 2022 Energy & Sustainability Washington Update covers the Democrats’ continued push for a revised Build Back Better Act, a letter from House Democrats to the SEC on climate risk disclosure issues, the strong growth of energy jobs, new energy & sustainability legislation, and more.

Read about recent M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space, including Caterpillar’s acquisition of Tangent Energy Solutions, an operator of an energy production agency focused on developing renewable energy projects.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes features on solar and energy storage developer BlueWave and board ESG responsibilities, energy policy news from Washington, and a roundup of recent M&A activity.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including NECA’s webinar: What’s Next for Markets in New England? and Greentown Labs’ Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 Kickoff.

Read about Boston-based solar and energy storage developer BlueWave and its acquisition by a fund managed by Axium Infrastructure.

Read about Cambrian, a commercial provider of distributed wastewater treatment and resource recovery solutions, and its new partnership with Anheuser-Busch to implement water reuse technology in Anheuser-Busch’s breweries.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including the NEECE22: Demystifying Decarbonization conference in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Read about President Biden’s proposed FY 2023 budget allocating funding to  combat climate change and advance clean energy development, including funding for the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program.

Read about the latest round of M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space. Read here.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes features on President Biden’s proposed FY 2023 funding for the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program and wastewater treatment innovator Cambrian, energy policy news from Washington, and a roundup of recent M&A activity.

There is no “one size fits all” approach with respect to board responsibility for ESG oversight, say Mintz attorneys Megan Gates, Jacob Hupart, and Jen Rubin. Some may form a new committee, some may give the duties to an existing committee, or still others might have each board member assume all ESG responsibilities. In any case, they say, investors are raising the stakes on ESG matters.