Energy Law and Electricity Regulation

California has some of the strongest protections in the country for homeowners who want to go solar. However, that doesn't always stop HOAs from trying to delay or deny installations.

Homeowners often encounter resistance from their homeowners association (HOA) — ranging from unreasonable design restrictions to outright denial of solar panel applications.

On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the "Order") to protect "American Energy from State Overreach.

Following President Trump's March 20, 2025, Executive Order ("EO") 14157, "Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production" (discussed in our blogpost here)...

The Trump administration has unveiled the first 10 mining projects designated for accelerated federal permitting under Executive Order 14157, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production...

Continuing the administration's strategy to enhance domestic mining and processing of minerals and to minimize the United States' reliance on imports, on March 20, 2025...

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...

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...