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California's Resource Adequacy Reforms Are Here | JD Supra
The California Public Utilities Commission has reformed its Resource Adequacy program in an effort to ensure a reliable power supply statewide. The Commission recognized significant delays development projects face due to supply chain delays, labor shortages, interconnection queue limitations and rising costs. It adopted an approach that could help developers mitigate risk in contracts with load serving entities by allowing new resources to be shown for compliance earlier.
Preliminary Injunction Barring Prop 65 Lawsuits Targeting Acrylamide Remains in Effect | JD Supra
On March 30, 2021, a federal court granted the California Chamber of Commerce's preliminary injunction to temporarily bar the California Attorney General and any private litigants from filing any new Proposition 65 lawsuits targeting acrylamide in food and beverage products. Despite the Council for Education and Research on Toxics’ (CERT) efforts to put the preliminary injunction on hold, the court denied CERT’s application for stay on April 15, 2021.
Preliminary Injunction Temporarily Bars Prop 65 Lawsuits Targeting Acrylamide | JD Supra
On March 30, 2021, a federal court granted the California Chamber of Commerce's (CalChamber) preliminary injunction to temporarily bar the California Attorney General and any private litigants from filing any new Proposition 65 lawsuits targeting acrylamide in food and beverage products. This is a significant ban, but it should be remembered that it impacts new judicial court filings only—notices and existing settlements/filings remain in effect. What Is Acrylamide?
OEHHA Proposes New Rules for Businesses Using Proposition 65's Short-Form Warnings | JD Supra
This month, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed substantial changes to Proposition 65’s short-form warning requirements. For those businesses currently using the Proposition 65 short-form warnings on their product labels and websites, and for those businesses selling food products in California, the methods and strategies for remaining compliant may be changing, yet again.
Trump Track: O, Canada! California's Cap-and-Trade Agreement With Quebec Triumphs | JD Supra
On July 17, 2020, a California federal judge denied the last remaining challenge made by the Trump Administration to California's cap-and-trade program agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of California by the Trump Administration in October 2019 had alleged, among other things, that California's agreement with Quebec improperly infringed on the federal government's exclusive power to set foreign policy.
CPUC Staff Issues Proposed Modifications to Resume ReMAT Program | JD Supra
The Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (ReMAT) program at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is again front and center after Staff working on the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) have issued a Proposal to ensure that procurement under the ReMAT program, which was suspended in 2017, can resume promptly. The Staff Proposal eliminates the adjusting pricing mechanism, the bimonthly program periods and program period caps that a federal court determined violated PURPA.
California Energy Commission Proposes Regulations Implementing Renewables Portfolio Standard Long-Term Contracting Requirements for Publicly Owned Utilities | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - JDSupra
On May 7, 2020, the California Energy Commission (CEC) issued proposed regulations implementing changes to the renewables portfolio standard (RPS) long-term contracting requirements for publicly owned utilities (POUs) imposed by the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (SB 350). SB 350 established a new long-term procurement requirement beginning January 1, 2021, that at least 65 percent of the procurement counted toward RPS procurement come from contracts of 10 years or more.
CPUC Proposes Longer-Term Standard Contracts for Small QFs | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
FERC Rules State Mandated Power Purchase Program Is Preempted by Federal Power Act | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
FERC Revokes Qualifying Status of Hybrid Small Power Production/Cogeneration Facility | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
FERC Awards Transmission Rate Incentive to Encourage Use of Innovative High-Temperature Superconductor Technology | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
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