Category — DOE News
DOI and DOE Sign MOU on Offshore Renewable Energy Projects
On January 29, 2010, the U.S. Department of Interior (“DOI”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced that the agencies have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to collaborate in developing commercial-scale offshore renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). [Read more →]
July 9, 2010 Comments Off
DOE Removes New England and the Phoenix-Tucson Area as Congestion Areas of Concern
On April 26, 2010, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) released its 2009 National Transmission Congestion Study, eliminating New England and central Arizona as “congested areas of concern.” [Read more →]
May 7, 2010 Comments Off
DOE, DOI, and Army Corps Sign MOU on Hydropower
March 29, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI) through the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and Department of the Army (DOA) through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), announced on March 24, 2010 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the federal agencies to promote the development of hydropower. Pursuant to the MOU, studies will be conducted over the next few years that may help industry determine which Federal dams and reservoirs would be best suited for non-Federal hydropower development. The process will hopefully determine which sites will have the fewest roadblocks from stakeholders, including the federal dam owners themselves. These studies may also lead to a determination of which projects can be most efficiently integrated into the grid. [Read more →]
March 26, 2010 Comments Off
IRS Will Not Assert That Grants Made By DOE under Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program Are Taxable
On March 9, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) ruled that Smart Grid Investment Matching Grants given by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) will not be taxable income. [Read more →]
March 12, 2010 Comments Off
DOE Estimates $17 to $34 Billion Needed for Renewable Transmission in the West
On February 24, 2010, the Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (“Berkeley Lab”) released their report Exploration of Resource and Transmission Expansion Decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative. The analysis found that $22-$34 billion is needed to build transmission infrastructure in order to meet the West’s 33% renewable energy target. [Read more →]
March 5, 2010 Comments Off