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AER 2025 Market Monitoring Information Order - Be Aware Of The New PPA Reporting Obligations

On 16 December 2025, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) issued its Market Monitoring Information Order – Electricity (MMIO).

United States Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

U.S. Renewables Market Poised To Remain Critical To Energy Supply Mix Despite Regulatory Uncertainty

Historically in the U.S., a key component of enacting green energy policy was through federal income tax incentives. While recent legislation in the form of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has significantly reduced...

United States Energy

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A&O Shearman

FERC Eliminates WECC Soft Price Cap

On February 19, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order rescinding the soft price cap for bilateral spot market energy sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region.

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The AI Summit And The Power Behind It: What The New Delhi Summit Means For Energy Companies On Both Sides Of The Corridor

Last week, New Delhi hosted the largest artificial intelligence summit the world has yet seen. The chief executives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Alphabet, and Google DeepMind...

Worldwide Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Nonmaritime Contracts Continue To Evolve - Fifth Circuit Affirms Nonmaritime Contract Determination Involving A Liftboat

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Data Bytes: The Latest Deals In The Data Center Space

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

'Forever Chemicals' Hit The Slopes And Get Athletes Disqualified

United States Energy

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ArentFox Schiff

Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations For Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit

United States Energy

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Mayer Brown

Offshore Wind Is Down, But Not Out

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Sales Move Forward

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

To Determine A Predecessor Lessee's Liability For Decommissioning Costs, Operating Agreement Language Matters

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

California Water Plan 2028: What To Know For Water Providers

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

New York State Public Service Commission Initiates New Proceeding To Address Interconnection Reforms For Large Loads (Energize NY Development)

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Capital Shifts Reshape Energy Sector Financing

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

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JAMS

Federal Government Continues Anti-Fraud Enforcement In The Sports Industry And Signals Desire To Work Cooperatively With Organizations Under Investigation

United States Criminal

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Steptoe LLP

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

What Europe's Renewable Energy Struggles Can Teach U.S. Regulators About Dispute System Design

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

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Energy Law

AER 2025 Market Monitoring Information Order - Be Aware Of The New PPA Reporting Obligations

On 16 December 2025, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) issued its Market Monitoring Information Order – Electricity (MMIO).

United States Energy

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

U.S. Renewables Market Poised To Remain Critical To Energy Supply Mix Despite Regulatory Uncertainty

Historically in the U.S., a key component of enacting green energy policy was through federal income tax incentives. While recent legislation in the form of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has significantly reduced...

United States Energy

AO

A&O Shearman

Climate Change and State Authority: Potential Broad Implications of the Supreme Court's Grant of Certiorari in Suncor Energy, Inc v. Commissioners of Boulder County

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Suncor Energy, Inc., et al. v. Commissioners of Boulder County, et al., No. 25-170, a case arising from climate change tort claims brought by Boulder County ...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

FERC Eliminates WECC Soft Price Cap

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The AI Summit And The Power Behind It: What The New Delhi Summit Means For Energy Companies On Both Sides Of The Corridor

Worldwide Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Nonmaritime Contracts Continue To Evolve - Fifth Circuit Affirms Nonmaritime Contract Determination Involving A Liftboat

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Data Bytes: The Latest Deals In The Data Center Space

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

Rewiring Energy Tax Credits For 2026 And Beyond

United States Tax

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Data Bytes – Deals And Happenings In The Data Center Space

United States Government

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Duane Morris LLP

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Mining

Trump Administration And Export-Import Bank Establish A $12B U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve: Five Things Critical Mineral Mining Companies Need To Know Now

On February 2, 2026, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the Trump Administration announced Project Vault, a $12 billion initiative establishing...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

NOAA Finalizes Changes To Deep Seabed Mining Regulations

On Jan. 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finalized revisions to its existing regulations governing deep seabed...

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

US-Led Efforts To Coordinate Critical Minerals Trade Policies Take Shape

The Trump Administration recently hosted high-level discussions with officials from certain European, Asian, and African countries focused on critical minerals cooperation.

United States Energy

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Cassidy Levy Kent

Critical Minerals Ministerial Recap: How The U.S. Is Redefining Global Production

United States Energy

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Clark Hill

EU And US Approaches To Critical Minerals – Executive Summary

United States Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Breaking China's Stranglehold: Trump's $12B Critical Minerals Stockpile

United States International

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Holland & Hart

The Trump Administration's Skyrocketing Critical Mineral Strategy

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

"Project Vault" Signals A New Era Of Federal Demand Support For Critical Minerals Stockpiles

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Multiple International Diplomats To Attend The Inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial Summit In Washington DC This Week

Worldwide Government

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Clark Hill

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Oil, Gas & Electricity

AER 2025 Market Monitoring Information Order - Be Aware Of The New PPA Reporting Obligations

On 16 December 2025, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) issued its Market Monitoring Information Order – Electricity (MMIO).

United States Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FERC Eliminates WECC Soft Price Cap

On February 19, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order rescinding the soft price cap for bilateral spot market energy sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region.

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Nonmaritime Contracts Continue To Evolve - Fifth Circuit Affirms Nonmaritime Contract Determination Involving A Liftboat

The categorization of maritime or nonmaritime contracts in the offshore energy space continues to generate litigation...

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Paradigm Shift In Environmental Review Of Deepwater Ports 50 Years In The Making

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations For Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit

United States Energy

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Mayer Brown

Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Sales Move Forward

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

To Determine A Predecessor Lessee's Liability For Decommissioning Costs, Operating Agreement Language Matters

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

Seventh Circuit Holds Excess Insurer Has Right But Not Duty To Attend Mediation Before Primary Coverage Is Exhausted

United States Insurance

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Wiley Rein

Capital Shifts Reshape Energy Sector Financing

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Chemicals

Texas Attorney General Probes Pesticide Use On "Organic" Produce At Grocery Chains

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into major grocery chains' use of chemical pesticides on produce labeled "organic" by the manufacturer.

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

'Forever Chemicals' Hit The Slopes And Get Athletes Disqualified

In such a high-profile competition, it is only natural that participants would do anything to gain a competitive edge, with athletes going as far as injecting themselves with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further.

United States Energy

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ArentFox Schiff

RMP Rulemaking Redux - Again

In the latest step in the ongoing Risk Management Program (RMP) revision saga, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Precision Matters: What The Olympic "PFAS Ban" Gets Right — And Wrong

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Safer States Expects At Least 33 States To Take Action On Certain Chemicals And Plastics In 2026

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Treasury Department And IRS Issue Proposed Rule Regarding Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, Will Hold Public Hearing On May 28, 2026

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Trying To Fight Fluoropolymers' Remorse In New Mexico

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent Federal Developments For February 2026

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Federal PFAS Regulation: 2025 Activities And 2026 Anticipated Actions

United States Environment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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Latest Videos

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U.S. Natural Gas Strategies Episode 2: The Global Chessboard And Strategic Implications (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

International Series: Episode 1 — Mastering Workforce Reductions And Restructuring For Global Companies (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Carla N. Hutton (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

One Minute Matters [Video]: Is Co-Location Energy Making Data Centers Harder To Build? (With Richard Darke)

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Dykema

Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Through Integrated Action (Video)

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Arcadis

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