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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month....more
With a draft amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), published on 9th of March 2021, the Federal Government presented, among others, the future regulatory framework for so-called stand-alone interconnectors....more
Securing interconnection and transmission rights and completing related upgrades is often the longest lead-time item in an electric generator’s development timeline. At the same time, many potential new power plants are being...more
Recently, in a quiet moment between energy transactions, I pondered: When does a solar project become a solar project? It’s a philosophical question, perhaps. Thankfully (and not surprisingly), my colleagues in engineering...more
On September 5, 2018, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an order initiating a rulemaking proceeding (the “Order”) to determine whether, and the extent to which, any of the Regulations...more
México tendrá una nueva administración que durará seis años desde el primero de diciembre. La estrategia de energía delineada hasta el momento es fortalecer a la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), con la participación de...more
A new administration of the Mexican government is taking over for a six-year term on Dec. 1, 2018. The strategy, so far, is to reinforce the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) with the participation of private companies. ...more
• Before Mexico's Energy Reform of 2013, large-scale power generation was reserved to the state-run Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) or to private investors through government contracts under an independent power...more
On March 19, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 807, a rule that makes it easier for developers of non-utility transmission lines that connect power projects to the grid to avoid having to...more