Outside Publication | Article
Wayne Song
Presentation | Speech
Wayne Song
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
Setting the stage for what promises to be a blockbuster environmental case, the U.S. Supreme Court on December 6 agreed to hear a challenge to a Second Circuit decision allowing plaintiffs to maintain a public nuisance lawsuit a... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Cross-Practice Alert
Stephen Mahinka, Karen Butcher
After almost three years of review and analysis, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on October 6 released proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, generally termed the "Green Guides" (the G... more
Presentation | Webinar
Floyd Norton, IV, Michael Griffen
During this one-hour webinar discussion on integrating renewable energy resources into the transmission grid, our presenters discussed issues relating to the integration of variable generating resources, such as: Power syst... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) has determined that it does not have jurisdiction over the owners and operators of solar generation facilities that sell energy directly to a customer, if that cu... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Pennsylvania is currently offering two different funding opportunities to support the development and use of solar energy and expansion of solar energy-related industries. The first opportunity, the Solar Energy Program, provid... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Pennsylvania has now opened its first of four grant solicitations under the "PA Green Energy Works!" Program. PA Green Energy Works! will use up to $52 million in federal funding received under the American Recovery and Reinves... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Real Estate LawFlash
Jeannine Bishop
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is steering Pennsylvania toward achieving "green" standards, visible in the recent passing of a bill that will require certain state-funded "major facility projects" to comply with energ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) jointly issued a guidance document addressing many issues relating to the development and implementation of hydrokinetic and hybrid... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On July 29, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced two solicitations that are part of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) provision of several billion dollars in loan guarantees for various renewable energy initiatives. C... more
Presentation | Webinar
Floyd Norton, IV, Ronald Tenpas, Levi McAllister, Michael Griffen
Since early 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have been separately drafting legislation that, if enacted, would fundamentally alter the way that the United States generates, transmits, and consumes energ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Kenneth Kulak, Wendy Unglaub, Richard Shortz, Wayne Song, Terrence Dugan, Gary Wilcox, Ingrid Myers, Douglas Davidson
On July 9, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) issued guidance that outlined the procedures for obtaining cash grants in lieu of claiming investment tax credits or production tax credits for specified renewable en... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On June 26, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), major legislation addressing energy and climate change policy. Known commonly as the Waxman-Markey bill, the 1,300-... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On April 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order in Docket No. ER09-681-000 (the Order) granting approval of various transmission infrastructure rate incentives requested by Green Power Express, LP (G... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act). Enacting over $787 billion in appropriations and tax cuts, the Act authorizes many energy-related... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Business and Finance Practice
Actions by the Attorney General of the State of New York in 2008 will affect how public companies disclose and address climate change financial risks. Since August 2008, the Attorney General has announced settlement agreements ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have adopted mandatory renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) requiring retail electricity suppliers to increase the percentage of electricity supplied from wind power, solar energy, biom... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On November 30, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell signed Senate Bill No. 1030 (the Act), which requires electric distribution companies (EDCs) and electric generation suppliers (EGSs) to sell a certain percentage of electr... more