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Litigation Over Lahaina Wildfire Commences as Residents Claim Negligence of Hawaiian Electric Industries Resulted in Over 100...

Earlier this month, wildfires tore through the Island of Maui. While the fires affected an estimated 17,000 acres, the town of Lahaina was hit the hardest, leaving over 114 people dead and another 850 missing. More recently,...more

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The Impact of Recent Privatization of Power Generation in Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico has struggled to maintain sustainable electric power generation for the residents of the island, and its power grid was unable to withstand Hurricane Fiona in September 2022, triggering an island-wide blackout....more

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FERC, NERC Outline Proposed New Reliability Standards Following the February Winter Storm

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") Office of Electric Reliability and Enforcement and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") staff presented a series of findings and preliminary...more

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FERC Approves New Cold Weather Reliability Standards

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On August 24, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") approved new cold weather electric reliability standards proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC"). The standards will apply...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FEMA's Award of Billions in Aid to Puerto Rico Could be the Beginning of an Infrastructure and Manufacturing Expansion

The White House announced an $11.6 billion aid package to Puerto Rico on Sept. 18 to aid it in its recovery from Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island and its infrastructure in September 2017. The funds will be granted...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020 #5

Industry Expert Insights - We reached out to one of our Lex Mundi partners and a well-known expert in the Netherlands in the energy and legal industries to get his thoughts on the current energy climate. Marc van...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.18.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Boards Agree to $50 Billion Merger

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Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more

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Federal Bankruptcy Court Denies PG&E’s Attempt to Set Aside Inverse Condemnation Liability

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On November 27, 2019, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali issued a Memorandum Decision on Inverse Condemnation (“Memorandum Decision”) in PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas & Electric’s (together, “PG&E”) Chapter 11 Bankruptcy...more

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Electric Grid Reliability and Resiliency in the Spotlight with DOE Pricing NOPR & More

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Pushing through a record hurricane season has tested the resiliency of the human spirit, as well as that of the energy infrastructure we so heavily rely upon. In the last month, we have seen efforts on multiple fronts with a...more

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Energy & Sustainability Connections Newsletter - September 2017

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Leaders in the News - Wayne Fueling Systems Launches Disaster Relief Initiatives - This month, we are excited to feature our client Wayne Fueling Systems, a global provider of fuel dispensing, payment, automation, and...more

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Release Report Recommending Ways to Improve the Resilience of Nation’s...

On July 20, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report directing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop solutions...more

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Kenneth Sheehan Comments on New Jersey’s Response To Hurricane Sandy on Law360

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In a Law360 article discussing New Jersey’s response to Hurricane Sandy, Kenneth Sheehan, Director of Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster’s Energy & Utility Law Practice Group, commented on the major steps the state Board of...more

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