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DOE Issues Loan Guarantee Solicitation
for Renewable Generation Projects,
Launches Financial Institution
Partnership Program
On October 7, 2009, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a solicitation (Solicitation) for loan guarantee applications under its new Financial Institution Partnership Program (FIPP) for Renewable Energy Generation Projects. Under the Solicitation, DOE will guarantee loans made by qualifying financial institutions to commercial generation projects using renewable energy, including hydropower. (more)
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You've Received Stimulus Funding - What's Next?
So you went after funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for your energy project - and you got it! Now what? View V&E lawyer Jo Ann Biggs's EEI 2009 Fall Legal Conference presentation. (more)
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DOE Posts Amendment to the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program Solicitation
On September 21, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) posted an amendment to the Solicitation related to its Smart Grid Investment Grant Program (DE-FOA-0000058) in which the third round (Phase III) of that Solicitation was canceled. Originally, the DOE’s Solicitation contemplated three rounds of applications. The first deadline for filing applications was August 6, 2009. DOE indicated in the amendment that it “received a significant number of high quality applications†in the first round and that the “dollar value of applications far exceeds the funding available under this Funding Opportunity Announcement.†DOE also extended that deadline for filing an application in the second round (Phase II) from November 4, 2009 to December 15, 2009, with the deadline for a letter of intent in Phase II moving from October 23, 2009 to November 30, 2009. DOE also stated that it “may decide to cancel Phase II following final selection decisions made on applications currently under review.
For more information, please contact V&E lawyer Jo Ann Biggs. Visit our website to learn more about Vinson & Elkins’ Energy, Energy Regulation, and Climate Change Regulation practices.
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DOE Announces Loan Guarantee Funding Opportunity
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) issued two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) on July 29, 2009, inviting the submission of applications for federal loan guarantees. (more)
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Preparing to File a DOE Loan Guarantee Application?
Explore key considerations in filing a DOE loan guarantee
application presented as part of V&E's Energy Industry Series.
(more)
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U.S. Treasury Department and DOE
Jointly Announce Guidance for Renewables Grant Program
On July 9, 2009, the Treasury Department and the Department of Energy (DOE) jointly announced guidance for the grant program established under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) authorizing Treasury payments for specified renewable energy property in lieu of tax credits (Section 1603 payments). (more)
Federal Update Part II
Discover the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on Energy Infrastructure Development. (View
the presentation given at The University of Texas School of Law's 2009 Gas
and Power Institute.)_______________________________
DOE Issues Two Smart Grid Funding Opportunity Announcements
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act; also known as the Stimulus Act or ARRA) amended the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to increase the federal funding available for Smart Grid Investment Grants and Smart Grid Demonstration Grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). (more)_______________________________
DOE Announces Grant Programs for Smart Grid Technology
On April 16, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to implement two programs to spur investment in smart grid technology, Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) technology, and energy storage technology. (more.)
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Economic Stimulus Package: Impact on the Energy Industry
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the ARRA) contains various tax credits, loan guarantees, grants, and other incentives targeting energy. How will the Stimulus Package affect the energy industry? What opportunities will it present? This presentation explores these questions, and more. (more)
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Recovery Act Includes Unprecedented Accountability and Transparency Provisions
Signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act) provides unprecedented levels of Federal funding, currently estimated at $787 billion dollars, to support the Nation’s economic recovery. (more.)_______________________________
Summary of Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the ARRA), signed into law by the President on February 17, 2009, contains a number of important energy provisions. The ARRA appropriates tens of billions of dollars to provide tax- and non-tax related incentives for development of energy-related technologies and activities. (more.)
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DOE Funding Opportunities, Clean Energy
Updated July 17, 2009
The following briefly summarizes funding opportunities for “clean energy†projects (which we have defined broadly to include projects like smart grid technology and carbon sequestratio) available from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). (more)