Jonathan McClelland, Director at M.J. Beck, moderated a presentation on the United Kingdom's new feed-in tariff policy. The UK is the first country in the world to make carbon reduction targets legally binding. With the introduction of feed-in tariffs for small-scale renewable electricity generation, the UK has established a financial framework to drive investment and stimulate clean energy adoption on a much broader scale. The discussion analyzed policy in reference to the experience of other countries, and focused on the tariff’s implications for investment and growth in the UK’s clean energy sector.

Organized by UK Trade & Investment, NYC ACRE, USAEE-NYC, and Solar One at the NYC ACRE Incubator at 160 Varick St. in New York City, the event featured keynote addresses and introductions by:

John Moriarty, Assistant Director, Feed-in Tariffs Policy, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom

Nils Mellquist, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors

Rebecca Lewis, Vice-Consul and Trade & Investment Officer, British Consulate-General New York

March 2, 2010

In conjunction with the New York County Lawyers Association's Environmental Law Section, M.J. Beck Consulting will host the March 16 Panel; "Understanding Renewable Portfolio Standards: Impacts on the Energy Industry."

Energy experts will explore current and pending renewable energy standards across the country, including an examination of the proposed federal RPS and how its passage would affect state programs as well as distributed generation and the role of non-binding city targets play in meeting RPS goals, with an emphasis on NYC.

The panel includes Michael Beck and Jonathon McClelland from MJ Beck Consulting, Michael Delaney from NYCDEC and Grace Kurdian from McCarter & English.

For more information or to register, please visit www.nycla.org. You may also call 212-267-6646, ext 215.

November 12th, 2009

This week M.J. Beck Consulting beat out stiff competition (including established global consulting firms) to assist a large East Coast utility in a review of a multi-billion dollar transmission construction program.

August 31, 2009

M.J. Beck was pleased to welcome New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to its New York office. Mayor Bloomberg gave a news conference in support of M.J. Beck and the twenty-six other companies who share the space at 160 Varick St. He encouraged entrepreneurship and announced the funding of additional business incubators in New York City to promote the growth of innovative new start-up companies. M.J. Beck is proud to be a part of this entrepreneurial spirit and the New York business community.

The official press release can be found here.

Video of the event can be found in high and low bandwidth.