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EXTENSION TO CASH GRANT APPROVED
Reference:  Email issued by Troutman Sanders LLPPartner Posted   12/21/2010   Treasury Renewable Energy Cash Grant Extended December 20, 2010 On December 17, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4583, The Tax Relief Act of 2010 (the “Act”) extending for two years the Bush-era individual income tax rate cuts.  The Act also extends a number of energy related incentives that were set to expire at the end of this year.  The most significant is...

CALIFORNIA ADOPTS ITS CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Article Published by Stoel Rives   12/20/2010 Authors  Lee N. Smith  and Allison C. Smith  12/20/2010   After a full day of testimony and deliberation on December 16, 2010, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the state's Cap-and-Trade Program on a 9-to-1 vote. The Program is promulgated under the California Global Warming Solutions Act (A.B. 32) as a market-based compliance mechanism to help achieve reduction of the state's greenhouse gas (...

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVES RENEWABLE AUCTION MECHANISM
Source:   Stoel Rives Publication and Email Seth Hilton , Morten Lund and Brian Nese of Stoel Rives   12/21/2010   (Updated and revised to include deadlines for filing comments) On Friday, December 16, 2010, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a decision ("Final Decision") ordering a new tariff for a procurement protocol called the Renewable Auction Mechanism, or RAM. RAM applies to California's three largest investor-owne...