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Submetering Companies May Now Be Regulated As Public Utilities

A submetering company is an intermediary between a landlord and its tenants for the sale of utility services. Submetering companies buy electricity and resell it to individual tenants using their own metering infrastructure.

United States Energy

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Calfee Halter & Griswold

Inside Digital Infrastructure: Spring Lane Capital’s Rob Day On Power Strategy, Microgrids, And What It Takes To Win The AI Race

Rob Day, Partner and Co-Founder at Spring Lane Capital, explores how the urgent need for power capacity is fundamentally reshaping data center investment strategy, from the surge in microgrid development to the strategic risks of over-reliance on natural gas. He reveals why the economics of battery-powered microgrids are closer to viability than most realize and shares a practical playbook for developers looking to start consuming power today while building tomorrow's AI infrastructure.

United States Energy

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Mintz

Maine PUC Votes To Reopen Bid Window For Northern Maine Renewable Energy Generation & Transmission RFP

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has voted to reopen the bid window for its Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program, a coordinated multi-state effort to procure renewable energy generation and transmission infrastructure.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Kentucky General Assembly Lends Support For Nuclear Development With Senate Bill 57

Kentucky's Senate Bill 57 establishes a comprehensive Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program, offering grants up to $25 million to utilities and partners for securing federal permits to construct advanced nuclear facilities. The legislation creates a detailed framework for eligibility, cost recovery, and forfeiture provisions while positioning Kentucky to develop a nuclear energy ecosystem through strategic incentives and regulatory support.

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FBT Gibbons

Bridge Over Troubled Water: How The EPA Is Seeking To Bolster Water Security And Lower Costs Across Industrial Sectors By Reusing Water

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

Securing The Grid: Why Cyber Resilience Is Now Top Priority For Utilities

United States Technology

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AlixPartners

Industry Participants Anticipate FERC Ruling That Could Alter The Regulatory Framework For Data Center Interconnection

United States Energy

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposed Legislation Pending In Oklahoma State Legislature Would Impact Responsibility For Payment Of Costs Associated With Data Centers And Other Large Load Facilities

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Kentucky Overhauls Public Service Commission And Siting Board, Expanding Utilities Oversight

United States Energy

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FBT Gibbons

Texas Senate Bill 6 Update: What Data Centers And Large Load Customers Should Know About Proposed Interconnection Standards

United States Government

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOE Releases $1.9 Billion Funding Opportunity For Grid Upgrades And Expansion

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

White House's "BYOG" Policy Creates Opportunities As 7 Tech Giants Pledge To Self-supply Power For Data Centers

United States Energy

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Inside Digital Infrastructure: Enchanted Rock's Joel Yu On Speed To Power And Data Center Siting

United States Technology

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Mintz

Rapid Fire Remix: North Carolina Government Relations, Utilities, And Natural Disaster Recovery

United States Insurance

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

How To Identify And Combat Workplace Retaliation

United States Employment

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Patterson Law Firm

March 2026: Federal Deadlines That Will Reshape The AI Regulatory Landscape

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

What Do Employers Need To Know About Independent Contractors And California EDD Payroll Tax Audits? (Video)

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Jury Is The Audience (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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Holland & Knight

Force Majeure And The Middle East Conflict: Ten Practical Tips For Contracting Parties

United States Commercial

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Baker Botts LLP

Energy Planning Should Balance Reliability, Affordability

Federal and state governments, utilities, and independent power producers all play a role in shaping the makeup of energy generation.

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Utilities And Data Centers Confront Congressional Scrutiny Over Rising Electricity Prices

Rising electricity prices are becoming an increasingly potent political issue, with both utilities and data centers facing growing scrutiny from federal and state lawmakers on how to insulate ratepayers from rising costs.

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Missouri Bill Proposes Immediate Moratorium On Solar Projects

Missouri lawmakers are advancing Senate Bill 849 (SB 849)—sponsored by the highest-ranking Senate leader...

United States Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Key Takeaways From The California Public Utilities Commission SB 254 Wildfire Report

The California Public Utilities Commission recently issued its Senate Bill 254 Information and Recommendations in response to Executive Order N-34-25 and the recent Senate Bill 254 (Becker, 2025) which overhauled California's approach to wildfires.

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Alpha Beneath The Asphalt: Tapping Into Underground Water Infrastructure's Trillion Dollar Opportunity

United States Energy

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Alvarez & Marsal

Energy 2026: Navigating Complexity And Seizing Opportunities

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

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

United States Energy

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Cozen O'Connor

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

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

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

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 LLP

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

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Nossaman LLP

SB 6 Implementation Shaping Data Center Future In Texas

While the law took effect immediately, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) was tasked with implementing the statute's directives into regulations.

United States Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

Chairman Swett maintains agenda of simplifying regulations, while contending that FERC's existing communications rule is more than adequate to regulate communications.

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

California's Bold Move Toward A Unified Western Grid

California is positioning itself to help run a unified, independently governed electricity market across the West. With AB 825 signed on September 19, 2025...

United States Energy

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

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

Public utilities rely on access to private and public land to build and maintain essential infrastructure.

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

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

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

On October 23, 2025, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop rules...

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

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

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 LLP

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

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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

Kansas Enacts Data Center Incentive Program

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

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

United States Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Powering Data Centers: The State Of The States

United States Energy

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Alvarez & Marsal

Michigan Public Service Commission Continues Method Of Setting Utility Revenues Based On Projected Future Costs

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

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