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New Ohio Power Siting Board Rules: Effective May 30, 2024

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On July 20, 2023, the Ohio Power Siting Board (Board or OPSB) issued its determination on a comprehensive set of proposed revisions to the rules governing the procedures before the OPSB and its siting criteria. The Order...more

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Holland & Knight analiza temas principales de la reforma al Código de Minas

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Dada la importancia del Proyecto de Ley 405 de 2023 para el sector por medio de la cual se propone reformar el actual Código de Minas en Colombia, Holland & Knight presenta este capítulo especial de alertas informativas que...more

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Re-consultation on the Draft Energy NPS: key policy changes

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Significant revisions to the draft energy NPS published for consultation align with other strands of government energy policy and legislative amendments being introduced via the Energy Bill. They strengthen the need case for...more

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BOEM Floats Proposal to Modernize Offshore Wind Regulations

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A new proposal aims to streamline the process for permitting and developing offshore renewable energy projects and reduce costs to developers. On January 30, 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a...more

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Maine PUC Asked to Fix “Leapfrogging” Problem Triggered by 2022 Changes to Maine’s Generator Interconnection Rule

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The Maine Public Utilities Commission is currently considering whether to commence a formal emergency rulemaking process to amend Chapter 324 of its rules governing generator interconnections. The purpose of the rulemaking...more

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FERC Proposes New Rules to Jumpstart Electric Transmission Buildout

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 15, 2022, proposed an important new set of regulations to implement certain changes recently passed by Congress to the agency's authority to license new interstate...more

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Mexico’s Antitrust Commission Recommends That Congress Not Pass Constitutional Reform in Electricity Sector Due to Competition...

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Last year, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted to the Mexican Congress a bill to amend a number of constitutional articles related to certain energy matters (the “Bill”). If approved, the Bill would undo...more

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State Constitutions to the Rescue?

The constitutions of more than three-quarters of the countries on earth have explicit reference to environmental rights or responsibilities. In the last several years courts in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia,...more

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Mexican Senate proposes new (super) regulator that would merge the antitrust, telecom and energy agencies

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On June 10, 2020, Senator Ricardo Monreal, President of the Senate’s multi-party coordination body, the Junta de Coordinación Política and leader of the ruling party’s senators, proposed a constitutional amendment to articles...more

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California Air and Climate Vol. 13: CARB Adopting Commercial Harbor and Zero-Emission Truck Rules; Workshops for New CARB Emission...

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CARB Developing Revisions to Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is in the process of developing revisions to regulations that are applicable to commercial harbor craft in...more

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Preliminary Draft of regulatory amendments applicable to self-supply generation permits

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On February 13, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") made public knowledge of a preliminary draft that proposes to amend the General provisions that establish the terms to request an authorization to modify or...more

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Proposed Elimination of Cumulative Effects Analysis under NEPA Leaves Climate Change Considerations in Jeopardy

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On January 9th, President Donald Trump in conjunction with the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) proposed sweeping regulatory revisions to rules that govern how the CEQ implements the National Environmental Policy Act...more

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Must See TV – D.C. Style

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As a registered federal lobbyist I’m often asked to describe my job. Some days I describe it as an advocate; other days as an educator. I’ve also been known to liken it to being a translator or cruise director, but this past...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

Proposed Changes to CAISO’s Resource Adequacy Framework

The CAISO is proposing several changes to the Resource Adequacy framework that will be relevant to generators both within and outside of California. CAISO is in the initial stages of developing their policy changes and it is...more

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Amendment to Definition of Public Utility/92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Senate Bill 145 Proposes to Amend the Arkansas Renewable...

Senate Bill 145 has been introduced which would amend the definition of “public utility” to add an additional subdivision which would read as follows: (J)The term “public utility” does not include an entity that: (i) Is...more

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Battle of the Ballot Initiatives

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On August 28, 2018, the Colorado Secretary of State certified the signatures collected for Initiative 108. The following day, the Colorado Secretary of State certified the signatures collected for Initiative 97. The...more

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Ontario Issues Proposed Amendments In Support Of Biofuels

On November 29, 2017, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (Ministry) issued proposed amendments to the Ethanol in Gasoline regulation (O. Reg. 535/05) and the Greener Diesel -- Renewable Fuel Content...more

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Sens. Inhofe and Heinrich Propose to Amend Section 203 of the Federal Power Act to “Provide Parity to FERC Reviews” of Certain...

On September 27, 2017, Sens. James M. Inhofe (R-OK) and Martin T. Heinrich (D-NM) introduced S. 1860, the Parity Across Reviews Act (“PARs Act”), which, if enacted, would add a $10 million value threshold to the requirement...more

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Proposed Amendments to Cap-and-Trade Extension Bill Could Undermine Program

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On April 18, 2017, California Assembly Members Garcia, Holden, and Garcia proposed amendments to Assembly Bill No. 378 (AB 378) that are intended to extend but significantly reshape California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. This...more

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California Proposes Draft Amendments to California Cap-and-Trade Program

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On July 12, 2014, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed amendments to the California Cap-and-Trade Program (17 CCR 95800 et. seq.) for the first time since 2014. The amendments include major substantive changes...more

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What You Need to Know about the Proposed Revisions to Cap and Trade

Late Tuesday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) released draft amendments to the state’s cap and trade regulation, including revisions to the current program in place through 2020, an extension of the program through...more

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CFTC Proposes Amendment to RTO-ISO Order

On May 10, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) proposed an amendment (“Proposed Amendment”) to an order it issued on March 28, 2013 (“RTO-ISO Order”), exempting certain electric energy transactions from a...more

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CFTC Extends Comment Period on ICE Futures Rule Certification

The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at the request of ICE Futures U.S., has granted a 45-day extension of the public comment period with respect to its proposed amendments to certain...more

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Energy Update - March 2015

This week marked the first policy deadline for policy bills. The Senate Energy and Environment Committee spent considerable time this week working through policy measures, including SF 1431 (Marty-D), the Senate Omnibus...more

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