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Infrastructure Alert - March 26, 2013

by Cozen O'Connor on 3/26/2013

This Friday, President Obama will visit the Port of Miami. On July 19, 2012, President Obama put the Port of Miami on his “We Can’t Wait” list of expedited infrastructure projects to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to...more

Energy And Environment Update -- March 18, 2013

by Jordan Collins, David Leiter, Neal Martin, Bryan M. Stockton | Mintz Levin - Environmental Law on 3/19/2013

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department of Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; Interior Department; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Department of Housing; International;...more

With Impending New Regulations, Coal Industry Focuses on Carbon Capture and Storage

by Susan Marriott | Phillips Lytle - Renewable Energy on 2/25/2013

President Obama proposed several broad energy-related initiatives in his State of the Union address last week, which are summarized in David Flynn’s post below. Noticeably absent from the President’s address was “clean coal,”...more

Energy And Environment Update -- February 17, 2013

by David Leiter, Sarah Litke | Mintz Levin - Environmental Law on 2/20/2013

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Department of Defense; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Government Accountability...more

Utilities Sector To Be a Focus of Executive Order Directing Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework

by Joshua Belcher, Michael Klein, Ahren Tryon | Cozen O'Connor on 2/20/2013

Little more than a week after reports of cyber attacks targeted at the Department of Energy, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, President Obama declared in his State of the Union address that these forms of...more

Renewable Energy Update -- February 19, 2013

by William R. Devine, Emily L. Murray, Patrick A. Perry | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 2/20/2013

In This Issue: Renewable Energy Focus - Three environmental groups sue BLM over Solar Energy Zones; California sets 50MW target for grid energy storage; Global wind capacity increased almost 20% in 2012 to 282...more

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by J. Daniel Skees, Stephen Spina | Morgan Lewis on 2/15/2013

Order will create a voluntary Cybersecurity Framework for designated critical infrastructure within a year. On February 12, President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security...more

Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits Available

by David Mann, Louis Santiago | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/12/2013

The Department of Energy and Department of Treasury announced on February 7, 2013, that they have $150 million in leftover/returned tax credits available for Clean Energy Manufacturers under the Section 48C Advanced Energy...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Transactions: U.S. LNG Exports: The DOE’s Studies and the Status of Pending Non-FTA Export Applications

by King & Spalding on 2/11/2013

Cheniere’s proposed LNG export project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana is currently the only proposed U.S. project that has received an authorization from the Department of Energy (“DOE”) to export LNG to countries with which...more

Capital Thinking Update - February 4, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Scott Thompson, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/11/2013

In This Issue: General Legislative; Debt Limit; Agriculture & Food; Budget, Appropriations; Cybersecurity; Education; Energy; Financial Services; Health Care; International Defense and Homeland Security; and,...more

Offshore Wind: Will New Jersey Take The Opportunity To Lead?

by Marshall McLean | McCarter & English: Climate Change &... on 2/8/2013

In August of 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act to “spur economic growth in the Garden State through the development of renewable energy resources and the creation of...more

Washington Energy Update - December 2012/January 2013

by Linda Carlisle, Caileen N. Gamache, Scott Lincicome, Jennifer Mersing, Justin S. Miller | White & Case LLP on 2/4/2013

In This Issue: - Congress Keeps Wind Credit Alive, Adds New “Begin Construction” Requirement - FERC Approves NERC’s “Bright-Line” BES; Revised Rules of Procedure - Exercising Its Muscle—Enforcement Actions by the...more

Energy And Environment Update -- January 20, 2013

by David Leiter, Sarah Litke | Mintz Levin - Environmental Law on 1/23/2013

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department of State; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; International Trade...more

DOE Issues New “Strategy” for Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal

by Anne Leidich, Jay Silberg | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 11, 2013, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued its response to the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future regarding next steps for spent nuclear fuel management and disposal in...more

REGULATORY: International Trade: LNG Export Requests Pose Challenge for U.S. Trade Policy by Steve Jones

by King & Spalding on 1/21/2013

The boom in U.S. natural gas production from shale deposits has important implications for U.S. trade policy. The rapidly increasing supply of natural gas as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) techniques continue to improve is...more

Critical Materials a Post-Election Priority for Obama Administration, OSTP

by J. Steven Rutt | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/15/2013

The OSTP has provided updated information noting two efforts by the Obama administration related to materials. This includes the older Materials Genome Initiative and the newer Critical Materials Initiative (a Department of...more

Infrastructure Alert - December 11, 2012

by Cozen O'Connor on 12/11/2012

On November 27, President Obama signed S.1956, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011, into law. The law allows the Department of Transportation to exempt U.S. airlines from the carbon tax...more

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