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TRB Webinar: Legal Considerations of Renewable Energy Production in State Right-of-Way


Date(s)
November 22, 2022 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM U.S. Eastern
Cost (for your seat)
$100.00
Professional Development Hours for this webinar
0.00 hour(s)
Continuing Education Hours for this webinar
AAE: 0.00 hour(s)
AICP: 0.00 hour(s)
CLE: 1.25 hour(s)
Details

State departments of transportation (DOT) have used renewable energy sources to power small-scale or local needs for many years. For example, traffic lights may be powered by solar energy. Renewable energy production at the utility scale must adhere to a different set of federal and state policies. TRB hosted a webinar on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern that addressed these rules and their relationship with various factors, including the financing mechanism that was used to acquire the right-of-way and ownership considerations. Presenters discussed legal considerations of renewable energy production at the utility scale, highlight recent successful implementations, and share state DOTs’ plans for renewable energy production in the right-of-way.

This webinar was sponsored by the TRB Standing Technical Committee on Eminent Domain and Land Use.

The slides are available. Please contact trbwebinar@nas.edu for a link to the recording. There may be a $90 fee.

 

Webinar agenda and presenters

  • Alternative use of the highway right-of-way – Lindsey Svendsen, FHWA
  • Strategies for state DOTs developing solar projects in state right-of-way – Edgar Kraus, Texas A&M University Transportation Institute
  • Considerations of highest and best use in highway right-of-way – James Thiel, Thiel, Vu & Associates, LLC
  • Solar developments in the state right-of-way – Donald Petty, Massachusetts DOT
  • Question and answer session moderated by Rita Looney, Arkansas DOT

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Implement renewable energy sites on state right-of-way
  • Explain the experiences of some states’ implementation of renewable energy on state right-of-way

 

Continuing Legal Education Credits

TRB offered 1.25 CLE credits for this webinar. TRB did not seek approval for this workshop from the state board. Registered webinar attendees who signed in and viewed the entire webinar received a link to a certificate that they can fill out and provide to the appropriate MCLE Board(s) or Commission(s) within 30 days of activity.