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Renewable Energy Post - The CLCPA’s Scoping Plan: Fueling Action for Effective Implementation

The final Scoping Plan (Plan) for New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA” or the “Act”) was passed overwhelmingly by the Climate Action Council (“Council” or “CAC”) on December 19, 2022. The vote was 19 to 3. The Scoping Plan provides recommendations to meet the Act’s mandates, including significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating building and transportation electrification, and securing climate justice.Continue Reading The CLCPA’s Scoping Plan: Fueling Action for Effective Implementation

Renewable Energy Post - Should Rust Belt Lead Green Energy Transition?

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are only the most recent events that have put enormous strain on clean energy supply chains around the world. This has led to escalating prices of oil and gas, and shortages of the minerals necessary for manufacturing in the clean energy technology sectors.Continue Reading America’s Rust Belt Led the Industrial Revolution – Is it Time They Now Lead the Green Energy Transition?

Renewable Energy Post - NYSCA Opportunities

New York State passed one of the most sweeping and comprehensive climate action laws with the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act). The Act set aggressive goals for the State to reduce its carbon footprint and eliminate its reliance on fossil fuels.Continue Reading New York State Climate Act Creates Opportunities in Public and Private Sector

A relatively new industry known as Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) embodies the consumer’s desire for local and organic food, and also accommodates the legal growth of recreational cannabis in many states. The push for locally-sourced foods and other commodities appears to be an enduring trend, both for the provision of higher quality products and for shoring up the supply chain, which showed its fragility during COVID-19.Continue Reading Energy Solutions for Controlled Environment Agriculture: Combined Heat and Power System Microgrids

Bitcoin was introduced in 2008 as a decentralized currency that could be transmitted through a peer-to-peer network and recorded on a ledger known as a “blockchain.” Like any new and emerging industry, cryptocurrencies have been subject to a high level of public, regulatory and legislative scrutiny.Continue Reading Bitcoin, Blockchain and Transmission System Capacity ─ A Renewable Solution?

Communities interested in cleaner energy, as well as greater control over their electric supply and reliability, are increasingly turning to microgrids — miniature power systems that serve an individual facility or area with electricity, either on its own or in concert with a larger power grid. Typically, a microgrid consists of energy generation and energy storage that can power a building or community and can be disconnected from the energy grid.Continue Reading Microgrids: Placing Energy in the Hands of the Consumer

As a well-regarded thought leader in these areas, we will utilize our Renewable Energy Post blog to frame the practical, economic, legal and technical aspects of the debate. Our goal is to engage all interested NYS constituencies, including energy providers, business and property owners, real estate developers, renewable energy developers and operators, and concerned members of the general public. In order to be successful, economic and environmental sustainability must not be mutually exclusive and must be balanced through the eyes of the energy consumer.
Continue Reading Renewable Energy Post: Phillips Lytle’s Insights in Real Time

lightbulb_solar.jpgOn September 14, 2017, the New York Public Service Commission (“PSC” or the “Commission”) issued an Order on Phase One Value of Distributed Energy Resources, which finalizes the Value of Distributed Energy Resources (“VDER”) Phase One Value Stack, as originally articulated in the Commission’s March 9, 2016 VDER Phase One Order. This milestone represents a major step toward moving beyond net energy metering (“NEM”) to articulate a refined valuation methodology for Distributed Energy Resources (“DER”) which recognizes the unique values DER provides to the grid.
Continue Reading New York Moves Beyond Net Metering, Recognizing Unique Value of DER