Energy Law and Electricity Regulation

As reported in our April 1, 2025, blog item, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MBEP) was scheduled to consider the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's (MDEP) December 2024 proposed rule regarding products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during its April 7, 2025, meeting.

On April 8, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Protection Act (HB 212). Like Minnesota and Maine, New Mexico will begin phasing out certain consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS, defining PFAS as "a substance in a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom."

On January 17, 2025, days before the end of President Biden's term, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new enforcement documents...

What is the outlook for the U.S. Energy Sector under President Donald Trump's second term in office? We welcome back Ed Hild, principal in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's...

Battery energy storage systems (or "BESS") have the potential to balance the intermittent and non-dispatchable characteristics of renewable resources as those resources...

The European Commission hosted an event on April 10 on "Implementation Dialogue on Environmental Assessments and Permitting".

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on March 13, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

On 15 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its reasons1 for dismissing the various appeals made against the sanction of the Thames Water restructuring...

On April 10, Indiana Governor Mike Braun issued an executive order addressing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and signed into law legislation related to SMRs.

Major trade associations and water systems filed suit to challenge the Biden-era U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Primary Drinking Water Rule for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

On 15 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its reasons1 for dismissing the various appeals made against the sanction of the Thames Water restructuring...

On January 17, 2025, days before the end of President Biden's term, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new enforcement documents...