On March 17, 2014, the Vermont Supreme Court heard oral argument in an appeal of the Vermont Public Service Board’s decision to approval Seneca Mountain Wind, LLC’s application to install four Read more »
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Geoff Hand appears before Vermont Supreme Court for Kingdom Community Wind Project
SRH Law Partner Geoffrey Hand appeared yesterday before the Vermont Supreme Court arguing on behalf of Green Mountain Power. The case involves a legal challenge to the stormwater permits issued to Read more »
SRH Law partners to present and moderate at the 2013 Renewable Energy Vermont Conference
Brian Dunkiel will be speaking about marketing renewables in compliance with the law at the 2013 Renewable Energy Conference and Expo . Dunkiel will present during the "Making Projects Happen & Read more »
Vermont SPEED Program Survives FERC Challenge
Vermont's Standard Offer (feed-in-tariff) Program survived a recent challenge brought against it before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by Otter Creek Solar, LLC, a Qualifying Facility Read more »
Vermont Public Service Board Upholds Its Prior Decision that 2 Projects Constituted a ‘Single Plant’ under the Vermont Standard Offer Program
A recent ruling from the Vermont Public Service Board addressed the issue of whether proposed Standard Offer projects sharing one developer and adjacent project sites constitute a single plant or two Read more »
Vermont Opposes QF’s Petition to FERC Seeking to Invalidate the Vermont Standard Offer Program
On May 1, 2013, Otter Creek Solar, LLC (“Otter Creek”) filed a Petition for Enforcement under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”), asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Read more »
Vermont PSB Approves Three Projects for Standard-Offers
On May 16 the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) announced the selection of three renewable energy projects as part of the SPEED Standard Offer program's new Request for Proposal (RFP) process. The Read more »
Vermont Standard Offer RFP Process to Begin April 1; PSB Revises RFP Schedule
As we previously reported, on March 1st the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) significantly overhauled the Standard Offer program for renewable energy projects, switching to a new Request for Read more »
Sequestration Hits Renewables Sector: 1603 Treasury Grants Cut by 8.7%
The U.S. Treasury made the following announcement last week to implement the sequestration cuts required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. [P]ayments Read more »
Vermont Public Service Board Revamps Renewable Energy Standard-Offer Program; Establishes Market-Based Mechanism for New Projects
Back in May 2012, the Vermont Legislature enacted into law (Act 170) significant changes to the "SPEED" Standard Offer program for in-state renewable electric energy projects with a capacity of 2.2 Read more »
