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Energy Newsletter - June 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Electricity Sales Contracts in France - The electricity sector, like numerous others in France, has been heavily affected by the economic shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more

FERC Adopts Regulations Delaying Construction of Federally-Regulated Natural Gas Projects Until it Rules on Requests for Rehearing

On June 9, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rulemaking order amending its regulations to preclude the commencement of construction of FERC-authorized natural gas pipeline, storage and...more

PHMSA Issues Final Rule on Underground Natural Gas Storage Safety Establishing a Phased-in, Multi-Year Timeframe for Integrity...

On February 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued its long-awaited Final Rule establishing safety regulations applicable to underground...more

Energy Newsletter - June 2018

Lessons for Sellers in Contracting with Emerging Market Buyers: The “Three R’s” to Structuring Payment Security Provisions - The recent rebound in the international energy industry is being driven, at least in part, by a...more

FERC Order Announces Policy Shift To Limit Environmental Review in Pipeline Certification Decisions

Announcing an unexpected policy shift, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order on May 18, 2018, limiting its analysis of upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its environmental...more

Energy Newsletter - March 2018

Good news at last for the development of offshore wind projects in France - While France had launched in 2011 a very ambitious offshore wind farm development program, aiming to reach 6 GMW of wind turbine installations at...more

FERC Comes Under Pressure to Reduce Pipeline and Other Regulated Rates to Reflect Changes in the Corporate Income Tax Rate

Late last year, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which the President signed into law on December 22, 2017. A central feature of the Act is the reduction of the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35% to...more

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Holds that a State Agency Waived its Authority to Issue a Water Quality Certification by...

On September 15, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order holding that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) waived its authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) by...more

PHMSA Increases Pipeline Safety Requirements

On January 23, 2017, the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued several revisions to its pipeline safety regulations, focusing in particular on reporting requirements for incident response....more

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