The State of Energy Storage: What You Need to Know
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
The U.S. government’s national security and economic priorities around encouraging and adopting innovation is on full display in the soon-to-be-finalized Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In this...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Government funding expires at midnight Friday, making passage of a short-term extension of the current Continuing...more
Congress returned to Washington following the Thanksgiving holiday for a lame duck session to close out the 117th Congress. On the agenda are a number of “must pass” items such as the annual National Defense Authorization Act...more
The Big Picture - Congressional Overview - American voters delivered a decidedly mixed message to Washington on Tuesday, seemingly handing Republicans narrow control of the U.S. House of Representatives and a nominal check...more
Rollout of IRA Clean Energy Provisions Continues - As reported in last month’s Washington Energy & Sustainability Update, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), including its clean energy provisions,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week, and they are gearing up for a busy calendar crunch ahead of their August recess, which begins on July 29 and August...more
Bottom Line Up Front: The Department of Energy (DOE) will implement new cybersecurity programs to enhance energy sector resilience. DOE’s announcement coincides with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s support...more
On December 28, 2020, the House overrode President Trump’s veto and passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) by a vote of 322 to 87, and the Senate passed the bill on January 1, 2021, by...more
Federal - U.S. Senators Vote Against Deputy Secretary Of Energy Nominee - On August 4, 2020, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) voted against Mark Menezes, who is nominated to become Deputy...more
Senate Hearing on Carbon Dioxide Management Technologies - The Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing on July 28 to examine the development and deployment of large-scale carbon dioxide management...more
On May 1, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13920 declaring a national emergency regarding threats posed to the U.S. bulk-power system by electrical equipment supplied by “foreign adversaries.” (BPS EO)...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Recess. Both the House and Senate are in recess this week....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Recess. Congress is in recess until December 2 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Clark Hill wishes our readers a Happy Thanksgiving....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Impeachment Schedule. The House is in recess this week but will continue to hear testimony from a number of witnesses related to the impeachment probe....more
On 3 October 2019, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the imposition of civil penalties for violations of the Part 810 regulations (10 CFR Part 810), which control the export of...more
As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Department of Defense issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement section 2804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Appropriations. The Senate is expected to begin work this week on its next minibus appropriations bill- a package that would contain the Defense and Labor-HHS spending bills....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - House and Senate Return. Both the House and Senate are back in session this week. The Senate is planning to take a series of judicial nominations as well as a few other...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - August Recess. Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced last week that the Senate would be cancelling all but the first week of August recess. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Minibus Appropriations Strategy. The House and Senate are planning to move appropriations bills in small packages of two or three bills in order to avoid a significantly delayed...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Farm Bill Re-vote? Last week’s vote on the farm bill failed after the Freedom Caucus refused to support the measure. A roll call vote on the motion to reconsider was postponed...more
With the start of a new year, Congress returns to Washington for the second session of the 115th Congress, while President Trump readies for his first State of the Union on January 30, 2018. The legislative agenda for the...more