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Alternative Power Plays: The Evolution Of Wholesale Electricity (Podcast)

The wholesale electricity market has changed plenty in recent years, and if future projects are any indication, more change is on the way in the decade-plus ahead.

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Court Of Federal Claims Recognizes Additional Potential Recovery Opportunities Under Energy Savings Performance Contracts

Earlier this year, we highlighted a notable Court of Federal Claims (CFC) decision recognizing that an energy savings performance contract (ESPC)...

United States Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Emerging Developments In The Treatment And Beneficial Use Of Produced Water In Texas

Produced water surfaces with groundwater during drilling. While most of it is reinjected into wells, growing freshwater scarcity and advances in treatment technology have sparked interest in its reuse.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Tilting For Windmills: Illinois Court Reverses Village Ban On Wind Farm Construction

On 1 August 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third Circuit struck down a local ordinance purporting to ban construction of a wind farm as outside the village's statutory authority and contrary to Illinois public policy.

United States Energy

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K&L Gates LLP

Oil & Gas Leases: A Complete Guide For Landowners

United States Energy

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Cantrell Law Firm

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Moves Forward With NEPA Overhaul

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Inside DOE's 10-Reactor Fleet Program: A Practical Guide

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Will New Jersey Reregulate Utility Rates?

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Weekly Sanctions Update: August 11, 2025

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Tax Breaks vs. Grid Strain: Minnesota's Balancing Act For Data Center Growth

United States Tax

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Jones Walker

Trump Increases Oversight Of Discretionary Federal Funding Awards In Executive Order To Advance Administration Priorities

United States Government

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Perkins Coie LLP

Cost Reimbursable vs. Lump Sum Turnkey Construction Contracts: The Many Routes To Bankability

United States Government

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A&O Shearman

Navigating Offshore Energy: Marine Log Q&A

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

CFTC Joins FERC And SEC In Issuing Guidance On DOJ Referrals For Criminal Offenses

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

Citizenship Updates: Nationwide Injunctions Affecting Birthright Citizenship Limited And New DOJ Priorities To Denaturalize U.S. Citizens

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale For Trump Tariff Actions

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

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BakerHostetler

Is The Economy Shifting? Ankura's July 2025 U.S. Economic Tracker Reveals Key Trends

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Blockchain 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Winston & Strawn LLP

After The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Could C-PACE For C&I Solar Have Its Moment In The Sun?

The recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has introduced significant hurdles to obtaining the tax equity financing upon which solar developers have traditionally relied.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

From Power Plants To The Moon: The U.S. Nuclear Revival In 2025

The U.S. nuclear energy industry is experiencing a marked resurgence in 2025, fueled by executive reforms, legislative backing, rising tech-sector demand and reactor innovation.

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

CFIUS' Expanding Role In Gulf South Real Estate Transactions

The Gulf Coast is experiencing a surge in renewable energy projects, industrial projects and data center projects throughout our region.

United States Real Estate

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

DOJ Announces Victory In Pipeline Case

A US Department of Justice (DOJ) blog post, dated July 29, 2025, announced a court decision that "Secures Win for American Energy in Crow Creek Natural Gas Pipeline."

United States Environment

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Crain Caton & James

An Inside Look At The National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) With Brittany Kelm, NEDC Senior Policy Advisor (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bracewell

Carbon Capture Utilization And Storage In The United States

United States Energy

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Jones Day

New EPA Positions Reflected In Sweeping Rollback Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation

United States Environment

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Jones Day

RGGI In The American Carbon Credit Trade

United States Environment

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Caldwell

P2N0 - Edition 34 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Trump Administration Gives Data Centers A Big Push

United States Energy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

EC Action Plan For The Chemicals Industry Includes Measures To Strengthen The Sector

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Federal Agencies Issue New NEPA Procedures In Response To Executive Order 14154 And The Supreme Court's Seven County Decision

United States Environment

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WilmerHale

The Transatlantic Divide Widens: U.S. Vs EU 2025 Sustainability Policy

United States Commercial

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Renewable Energy: How To Navigate New US Tax Rules And Timelines

United States Energy

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Riveron

EC Action Plan For The Chemicals Industry Includes Measures To Strengthen The Sector

The European Commission (EC) released on July 7, 2025, a Chemicals Industry Action Plan (Action Plan) to strengthen the competitiveness and modernization of the European Union's (EU) chemical sector.

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Federal Agencies Issue New NEPA Procedures In Response To Executive Order 14154 And The Supreme Court's Seven County Decision

The past month brought a flurry of updates from federal agencies publishing new procedures to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), following President Trump's Executive Order 14154 (EO 14154)...

United States Environment

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WilmerHale

The Transatlantic Divide Widens: U.S. Vs EU 2025 Sustainability Policy

While the United States (U.S.) had begun to diverge from the European Union (EU) on sustainability policy in 2024 due to political and legal shifts, that trajectory accelerated in 2025.

United States Commercial

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Renewable Energy: How To Navigate New US Tax Rules And Timelines

Newly enacted US tax legislation called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings sweeping changes to renewable energy incentives in the United States.

United States Energy

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Riveron

NYPA's New 7 GW Renewable Development Goal: What To Expect When Contracting With NYPA

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Megawatt Minute Alert: Developments On How Duke Energy Integrates Data Centers And Other New Large Load Customers In North Carolina

On July 24, 2025, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DEC) and Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP) (together, Duke) filed its response to the June 6 request by the North Carolina Utilities...

United States Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

President Trump Signs Legislation Enacting Phased Elimination Of Federal Tax Credits For New Clean Energy Projects; Directs Treasury To "Strictly Enforce" Credit Termination For Solar And Wind Facilities

The Act restores the ITC eligibility of qualified fuel cell property that begins construction after 2025. Under the IRA, qualified fuel cell property was required to have begun construction prior to 2025 in order to be eligible for the ITC.

United States Energy

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Waste Not, Want Not: DOI Aims To Boost The Extraction Of Critical Minerals From Mine Waste

Federal regulation of mine waste could look very different by the end of the year if the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) meets a new suite of goals it has set for itself.

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

The Next Phase Of Massachusetts' Solar Revolution

Massachusetts has led the Northeastern U.S. states in encouraging solar photovoltaic technology as a renewable energy resource. These efforts started with the Department of Energy Resources...

United States Energy

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Davis Malm & D’Agostine

The Shifting Winds In Federal Energy Policy: Department Of The Interior Implements Sweeping New Review Requirements For Wind And Solar Energy Projects

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

DOE Issues New NEPA Procedures Aimed At Streamlining Environmental Reviews

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

EPA Introduces Rule To Repeal Endangerment Finding

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

White House Releases Plan To Build U.S. AI Infrastructure

United States Technology

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Jones Day

Unearthing US Vulnerabilities: President Trump Outlines Steps To Strengthen The US Copper Industry

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Solving The Energy Transition Paradox: A Look At Challenges And Opportunities In The Chemicals Sector

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

Alabama Enacts 'Powering Growth Act,' Establishing State Energy Infrastructure Bank

United States Energy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — August 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — August 2025

United States Commercial

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Mintz

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Event Highlights — August 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure M&A Activity — August 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections — August 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

DC Circuit Encourages Expansion Of Regional Zones For Transmission

United States Energy

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Crain Caton & James

One Big Beautiful Bill Act—Impact On Energy Tax Credits

United States Energy

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Jones Day

Advanced Nuclear: Taking A Seat At The Clean Energy Table

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

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

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Holland & Hart LLP

Scaling Industrial Decarbonization Through Integrated Action (Video)

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Arcadis

Navigating New Tariffs Impacting The Renewable Energy Industry (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Akin Hosts 'Drilling Down: What Oil & Gas Companies Can Expect From Federal Agencies During Trump's Second Administration' Webinar (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Tommy Beaudreau On Natural Resources And Tribal Lands (Video)

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WilmerHale

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