Post-Stimulus Legislation for the Renewable Energy Industry
May 29, 2010 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
What’s Next, and Why Should We Care?
Now that much of the Recovery Act’s energy-related funds have been awarded, some may wonder what Congress and President Obama have in store next to support renewable and sustainable energy technologies. And those industrial and commercial energy consumers who have not benefited directly from energy stimulus programs may be [...]
Cap & Trade
May 28, 2010 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Under a cap-and-trade (C&T) emissions control program, a regulator sets an overall cap on greenhouse gases, creates emissions allowances (which permit the holder to emit greenhouse gases) reflecting the cap, and then allows trading of allowances, while gradually ratcheting down the cap and allowances to reach an emission reduction objective. [...]
Scorecard: ARRA 2010
April 29, 2010 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Opinion: The Recovery Act And the Green Economy One Year Later.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or ARRA) has faced plenty of criticism. Since its enactment, we have seen accusations of waste, expressions of anger and frustration over continued unemployment, complaints over excessive flows of funds to non-U.S. interests, and a [...]
DC: New Energy in America
April 9, 2010 by Vincent · Leave a Comment
[ April 28, 2010; 8:00 am to 1:30 pm. ]
Please join fellow energy industry and policy leaders at Dickstein Shapiro’s Second Annual Energy Executive Briefing, New Energy in America: Energy Policy at the Crossroads. We look forward to hosting you.
UPDATED PROGRAM OVERVIEW
(Program agenda now available online)
Keynote Speakers:
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute (Recently Added)
Michael J. Wallace, Vice Chairman and [...]
Show Me the Money: New Loan Guarantee
October 8, 2009 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Energy Alert: Loan Guarantee Solicitation for Commercial Technology
Targets lenders directly
In a much-awaited move, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) invites lenders to apply for a partial, risk-sharing loan guarantee under the Department’s Section 1705 Loan Guarantee Program for Commercial Technology Renewable Energy Generation Projects. Unlike other solicitations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”), this [...]
CEEP NYC: Monitizing Energy Efficiency
August 28, 2009 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
[ September 11, 2009; 8:00 am to 10:00 am. ] monetize energy efficiency with new products from EtherMetrics.
Tax Credits=Grants
July 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Good news for investors.
Investors frustrated by incentives for energy projects, now tied to tax credits, welcome the news about cash grants.
On July 9th, Treasury and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the long-awaited details of how they intend to distribute approximately $3 billion of the Section 1603 energy grants to eligible renewable energy projects.
According to [...]