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Democratic AGs Keep Wind Energy Whirling With CT, RI Win And New NY Lawsuits

Following Connecticut AG William Tong's and Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha's opposition to a U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)...

United States Energy

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Cozen O'Connor

Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill To Establish Consumer-Regulated Electric Utilities

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton has introduced a bill that would establish a new category of "consumer-regulated electric utility," or CREU. Under the bill, a CREU would be exempt from regulation under the Federal Power Act...

United States Energy

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Kutak Rock LLP

Minnesota Looks To Grid Enhancing Technologies As A New Tool To Provide Transmission Congestion Relief

On May 24, 2024, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed H.F. No. 5247 into law which directed transmission owners in Minnesota to identify Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs)...

United States Energy

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

FERC Orders PJM To Create Clear Rules For Co-Located Data Centers And Large Loads

What's Happening: Stemming from its February 2025 show cause order concerning co-location issues, on December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

SB 6 Implementation Shaping Data Center Future In Texas

United States Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

California's Bold Move Toward A Unified Western Grid

United States Energy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

A Refresher On The Right-of-Way And Condemnation Process For Utilitie

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

New Jersey Energy Security And Affordability Act: What Senate Bill S4876 Means For Nuclear And Grid Development

United States Energy

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

What SB 283, Requiring Early Fire District Review, Means For Your Battery Energy Storage System Projects

United States Energy

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Is Inverse Condemnation Reform On The Table In California?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Wildfire Mitigation Under California SB 254 And Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Data Center Regulation Tracker

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

The Trump Gold Card And Proposed Trump Platinum Card: Legal, Practical, Tax, And Economic Considerations For High-Net-Worth Immigrants

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Supreme Court Weighs Extent Of President's Authority To Impose Tariffs During Proclaimed National Emergencies

United States Litigation

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Dykema

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

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 265

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

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

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

In its opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission the California Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District's application of the highly deferential Greyhound standard of review ...

United States Energy

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Fennemore

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

On October 23rd, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") containing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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

On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of Energy ("Secretary") invoked a rarely utilized provision of the Department of Energy Organization Act ("DOE Act")...

United States Energy

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Mintz

State Lawmakers Propose Bill To Incentivize Nuclear Energy In Wisconsin, With Potential Side Effects For Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Michael Best

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

United States Energy

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Rich May

NiSource Wins Groundbreaking Regulatory Approval For Energy Generation Strategy

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

California Extends Carbon Market Through 2045 With Modest Changes; Provides Market Stability And Reaffirms The State's Climate Commitments

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

New Requirements For Wind, Solar, And Storage Facility Leases In Texas

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Key Considerations For Identifying Project Right-of-Way Needs

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

DC Circuit Re-Affirms Its "Broad View" Of A Small Power Production Facility's "Power Production Capacity" After Loper Bright Remand

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Massachusetts Energy Storage Procurement Underway

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

NERC Proposes Which Reliability Standards Will Initially Be Applicable To Non-BES IBRs Equal Or Greater Than 20 MVA Connected To 60 KV Or Higher Transmission Facilities

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

United States Energy

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Arcadis

DC Circuit Re-Affirms Its "Broad View" Of A Small Power Production Facility's "Power Production Capacity" After Loper Bright Remand

Disagreement over whether the Broadview Solar facility should or should not be a QF has now lasted over five years and has been the subject of many past blog posts.

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Massachusetts Energy Storage Procurement Underway

Massachusetts's first "Section 83E" procurement for energy storage is underway, with bids due Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at noon.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

NERC Proposes Which Reliability Standards Will Initially Be Applicable To Non-BES IBRs Equal Or Greater Than 20 MVA Connected To 60 KV Or Higher Transmission Facilities

In the June 27, 2024 Order, FERC noted that "NERC has made clear that its proposed revisions do not address IBRs connected to the local distribution system and do not address IBR-DERs."

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

For decades, water utilities have been silent service providers - ensuring safe, reliable and essential access to water with little public visibility and engagement.

United States Energy

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Arcadis

Kansas Enacts Data Center Incentive Program

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Siting Energy And Transmission Line Projects In Arizona

While Arizona's patchwork of jurisdictions creates complexity, early engagement with regulators and careful project design can enable project proponents to navigate these challenges successfully...

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

Senate Bill 6 Positions Texas To Better Manage Large Electrical Loads And Strengthen Grid Reliability

S.B. 6 amends multiple sections of the Texas Utilities Code and introduces new provisions designed to ensure that large load customers fairly contribute to system costs and can be reliably managed during grid emergencies.

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Important Texas Regulatory Updates For Data Centers

On May 27, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed SB-6, which introduces significant changes to the planning, interconnection, operation, and cost allocation of certain large electrical loads...

United States Energy

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Mayer Brown

Evaluating The Opportunity For Exploration And Production Companies Around Onsite Power Generation For Data Centers And Electrification

The American electricity industry is undergoing a profound transformation, with major shifts in both supply and demand trends. In this rapidly evolving environment, exploration and production (E&P)...

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For June 2025

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

Good For The Grid (And For Customers): Demand Response Communications Are "Closely Related" To Utility Service Under The TCPA

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The AI Thirst Trap

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

House Bill 3809 Adds Obligations To Battery Energy Storage Lessees In Texas

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Texas Legislature Adopts New Law Regarding Large Load Interconnection And Operation

United States Energy

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Butler Snow LLP

Adaptive Reuse – A Passing Fad Or A Newly Emerging Asset Class To Be Reckoned With?

United States Real Estate

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Duane Morris LLP

Alternative Power Plays: Solving The Power Demand Challenge With Dynamic Line Rating Technology (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

A Look At Customer Assistance Programs For Utility Bills Today

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Maine Energy Storage Procurement Inches Closer, Comments Requested From Energy Storage Developers By June 9, 2025

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Another Day, Another Important PFAS Update: EPA Explains Its Stance On National Drinking Water Standards

United States Energy

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Arnold & Porter

DOE Announces New Wave Of Energy Efficiency Rollbacks – Over A Dozen Product Types Could Be Impacted

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Rhode Island Issues RFP For 1.2 GW Of Offshore Wind, First Since CT-RI-MA MOU For Joint Procurements

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Alternative Power Plays: How Topology Optimization Improves The Grid (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Ohio House Bill 15 Changes Ohio's Energy Landscape

United States Energy

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Executive Orders Target Regulatory Reduction: Effects On FERC-Regulated Energy Sector

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

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