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Wildfire Mitigation Under California SB 254 And Renewable Developers

Senate Bill 254 was passed on September 19, 2025, during California's ongoing wildfire season. Enacted as an urgency statute [Section 75 of S.B. 254]...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

U.S. And Allies Tighten Russia Energy Sanctions To Weaken The Russian War Economy

On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated two of Russia's largest oil companies—Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company ("Rosneft") and Lukoil OAO ("Lukoil")—and certain of their subsidiaries as Specially Designated Nationals ("SDNs").

United States International

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections — November 2025

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox.

United States Energy

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Mintz

DOE Invokes Rare Authority To Direct FERC To Accelerate Grid Access For Large Loads And Data Centers

What is Happening? Citing rapid growth in large commercial and industrial electricity demand, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

ExxonMobil Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Laws

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

United States Imposes Sanctions On Russian Energy Companies

United States International

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K&L Gates LLP

Energy Tax Credits Hot Topics (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Bridging Federal And State Efforts: The Evolving Landscape Of Critical Minerals Classification

United States Energy

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

UNEP Report Provides Roadmap To Advance Biobased Technologies

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

November Energy, Sustainability, And Infrastructure Washington Update

United States Energy

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Mintz

Renewed AFIDA Enforcement: Key Considerations For Energy And Infrastructure Projects

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Wading Into New York's 2025 NYS Wetlands Permitting Changes

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market And Its Automotive Applications

United States Transport

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Alvarez & Marsal

DOE Directs FERC To Take Action On Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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K&L Gates LLP

Why Direct Student-Athlete Payments Create An Immigration Crisis For Universities

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

The Changes To The English Arbitration Regime: What Parties To International Construction Disputes Need To Know

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Privacy Violations Result In $1.35 Million Fine!

United States Privacy

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

From Conflict To Clarity: Why The ADR Experience Matters In Successful Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

District Court Invalidates Patents For Bridge Cheating Detection Software Under § 101

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Assessing OBBBA's Impacts For U.S. Renewable Power Developers

The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") in July 2025 marked a significant policy reversal for renewable energy—and only the start of a period of industry upheaval.

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

Round Up Of New York Climate Litigation In 2025

As we approach the close of 2025, one key takeaway is that this year has been an especially active one for climate litigation in New York. On October 24, 2025...

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Data Center Regulation Tracker

Steptoe's Data Center Team is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Center Regulation Tracker. Steptoe's Data Center Regulation Tracker monitors state regulatory and legislative...

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

New York Court Orders State Agency To Issue Regulations Implementing Climate Act

A New York trial court ordered the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to issue regulations by February 6, 2026...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

E15 Gasoline: Legal Landscape And Recent Legislative Updates

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

CBP Faces Legal Challenge Over Exclusion Of Camel Energy's Battery Imports

United States International

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Crowell & Moring LLP

US Government Announces Historic $80 Billion Nuclear Partnership With Westinghouse Electric Company, Cameco Corporation, And Brookfield Asset Management To Construct AP1000 Reactor Fleet

United States Energy

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K&L Gates LLP

DOE Issues Interim Final Rule Implementing Energy Dominance Financing

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Grassley Leads House And Senate Members In Calling On EPA To Issue Final Import RIN Reduction Rule

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

UK And U.S. Impose Major New Sanctions On Russian Oil Sector

Worldwide International

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Arnold & Porter

FERC Seeks Comments By November 14, 2025 On Proposed DOE Reforms To Accelerate The Interconnection Of Large Loads

United States Energy

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Bracewell

57. October 22, 2025 | Trump Administration Blocks Major Russian Oil Firms

United States International

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Regulatory Reform In Washington: Clean Energy Siting Council Releases 2025 Report Recommending Reforms To Speed Clean Energy Projects

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

New OFAC Sanctions Adversely Impact Rosneft And Lukoil: Extra Diligence Required

United States International

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

FERC Seeks Comments By November 14, 2025 On Proposed DOE Reforms To Accelerate The Interconnection Of Large Loads

By letter dated October 23, 2025, Department of Energy ("DOE") Secretary Chris Wright ("the Secretary") directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")...

United States Energy

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Bracewell

57. October 22, 2025 | Trump Administration Blocks Major Russian Oil Firms

In response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in March 2014 and February 2022, the Department of Treasury implemented various sanctions on Russian entities.

United States International

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Regulatory Reform In Washington: Clean Energy Siting Council Releases 2025 Report Recommending Reforms To Speed Clean Energy Projects

Who's Impacted: Clean energy developers, transmission operators, local siting authorities, and Tribal governments.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

New OFAC Sanctions Adversely Impact Rosneft And Lukoil: Extra Diligence Required

Washington, D.C. (October 29, 2025) - On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed further sanctions (Sanctions)...

United States International

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Department Of Energy Directs FERC To Act On The Study And Interconnection Of Large Loads And Hybrid Facilities, FERC Opens Public Comment Period

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

DOE Proposes New Federal Standards For Interconnecting Large Loads To The Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a major step toward addressing a pressing challenge in the energy and technology landscape...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Administration Tees Up Major Expansion Of FERC Jurisdiction Over Large-Load Interconnections

On October 23, 2025, Department of Energy ("DOE") Secretary Chris Wright sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") directing it to initiate a rulemaking...

United States Energy

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Davis Wright Tremaine

New Army Corps Guidance Puts Wind And Solar Projects In The Slow Lane

On September 18, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to consider new factors when deciding...

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

States Contend With The Proliferation Of Data Centers Across The East Coast

As data center projects proliferate in the United States to meet the growing demands of IT housing infrastructure, particularly in the face of rising...

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

Montana Announces Multistate Investigation Of Big Tech Renewable Energy Claims (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

United States Energy

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Fennemore

California's Cap-and-Trade Is Extended And Becomes 'Cap-and-Invest' In Package Of New Energy Laws

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Initiate Large Load Interconnection Rulemaking

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In A Move Affecting The Future Of Data Centers, DOE Directs FERC To Act On Large Load Interconnections

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Consider Groundbreaking Rules Related To Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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Mintz

Sanctions Update: October 27, 2025

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Louisiana Court Vacates LNG Permit, Must Consider Climate Change And Environmental Justice

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

From Conditional To Final: DOE Clears CP2 LNG For Non-FTA Exports

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Permitting Reform In Action: CEQ Updates Roadmap For Agency NEPA Compliance

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

OFAC Sanctions Russia's Two Largest Oil Companies

United States International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Client Alert: CCS Project Suspension

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

Alternative Power Plays: Pennsylvania's Energy Position (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

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

United States Energy

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Dykema

Unlocking Critical Value: Circular Strategies For Critical Minerals

United States Energy

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Arcadis

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WilmerHale

Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart (Podcast)

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Holland & Hart

Cash Is King Again: Navigating Clean Energy's Financial Crossroads (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Through Integrated Action (Video)

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Arcadis

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