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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update – August 2024

New Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation - US Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have unveiled the Energy...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, June 2024

We are pleased to share the June 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Battery Technologies: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?

Achieving climate goals will require significant capital investment into the development and scaling of improved battery technologies. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in August 2022, allocated billions of dollars...more

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AI’s Power Consumption Could Put the Grid — and Energy Regulators — to the Test

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The story of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is one of technological promise and societal challenge, and its impact on the U.S. electric power grid is fast becoming a pivotal chapter. The promise is compelling. AI could...more

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DOE, FERC Move to Connect Power-Hungry Customers to Renewable Energy

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The country’s electric system is undergoing its most significant transformation in over a century. The information age is skyrocketing demand from customers for more power, and renewable energy is being deployed at a dizzying...more

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CISA’s Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements Would Hit a Range of Industries and Sectors

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is publishing a proposed rule (Proposal or NPRM) that will require broad segments of industry to meet onerous and quick...more

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Renewable Energy Update 3.21.24

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The first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Cybersecurity Baselines for Utilities and DERs

As part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to align energy cybersecurity efforts across the country, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) has funded the release of a set of energy distribution cybersecurity baselines for...more

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Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget While Congress Keeps to Agreement to Limit Agency Spending to FY...

US DOL Budget Will Remain at its Present Level Through March 22, 2024 - It has now become clear that neither Republicans nor Democrats have the stomach to shut the federal government agencies down, but neither does either...more

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It's a Gas! Federal and State Developments Continue to Light Up the Natural Gas Debate

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In April 2023, we reported on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision in California Restaurant Association (CRA) v. City of Berkeley striking down a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in...more

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ML Strategies Outlook for 2024

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Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time - With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more

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Guidance on Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

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The trajectory of the hydrogen sector in the United States hinges on a critical question: what criteria will be used to define the term “clean hydrogen” for tax purposes? As previously outlined in our Field Guide to Clean...more

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Federal Regulatory Recap: A Summary of Recent Rulemaking Actions Taken or Proposed Affecting the Energy Industry

It is clear that these have been busy months for federal environmental regulators, especially those working at EPA, the federal departments and the Council on Environmental Quality. Even the Department of Agriculture has...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

White House Ushers in New Era of Regulation With Landmark Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

The AI executive order moves the U.S. closer to a broader unified approach on federal AI regulation, expanding on the AI Bill of Rights and NIST AI Risk Management Framework and focusing on the responsible development and...more

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White House Issues First-of-its-Kind Executive Order on AI

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“Order”) that drastically increased the U.S. government’s engagement with artificial intelligence (“AI”). The sweeping Order touches on everything from bias in...more

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Regional Hydrogen Hubs: Developing the Transit for Energy Transition

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Although reliance on coal has been declining, even in 2021, coal still supplied over 10% of the United States’ energy consumption, according to the EIA. But, in a matter of approximately 15 years, many hope that Verne’s...more

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Biden Restricts Outbound Technology Investments into China

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A recent executive order issued by President Biden aims to prohibit or oversee investments in certain sensitive technologies that could threaten the national security of the United States. The executive order, which was...more

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U.S. Electrical Grid and Renewables – Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks

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As discussed previously in this blog, physical attacks against substations have been on the rise. However, the U.S. power grid is also vulnerable to cyberattacks from U.S. adversaries, which includes hostile foreign...more

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Energy & Sustainability IP Updates - August 2023

In litigation news . . . For the third consecutive month, Tesla finds itself involved in a new patent infringement lawsuit, this latest time as a defendant in an action filed by Graphite Charging Company LLC on August 4,...more

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Pivot potential: A deep dive into offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico

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After years of blunted growth and false starts, the US is finally scaling up offshore wind. While most progress had been spurred by state policies incenting projects in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast, the federal...more

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3 Developments That May Usher In A Nuclear Energy Revival

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Nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence. As the world grapples with how best to address climate change, nuclear has found a seat at the table as a viable, zero-carbon energy source. While the appetite in the U.S. for...more

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Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, June 2023

SEC Publishes Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda - On June 13, 2023, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler announced the release of the SEC’s Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda (the Regulatory...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - 7.06.23

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Jobs in the U.S. energy industry rose 3.8% last year, faster than overall employment growth and led by work in clean energy, the Department of Energy said last Wednesday. According to the U.S. Energy and Employment Report,...more

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Treasury Department Announces Additional Guidance and Timetable to Allocate $4 Billion in Qualifying Advanced Energy Project...

The application cycle for the first round of credits will soon open. Treasury’s additional guidance clarifies what types of facilities may qualify for credits, the submission process and the selection criteria for evaluating...more

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U.S. DOE Releases Report on Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap

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The United States recently took another important step in implementing a comprehensive strategy to advance the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. On June 5, 2023, the Biden-Harris...more

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