President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) on April 8, 2025, titled "Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid." The order marks a significant step in addressing the growing...more
4/15/2025
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), "Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 1424," on April 8, 2025, that places coal at the center of the administration's...more
4/14/2025
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Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
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National Security ,
NEPA ,
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Feb. 12, 2025, announced a $782 million first advance under a $1.67 billion loan guarantee for the development of sustainable aviation fuel from the Loan Programs Office (LPO). This...more
President Donald Trump signed the executive order (EO) "Unleashing American Energy" on Jan. 20, 2025. In addition to laying out revised energy-related policy priorities, the EO required a temporary pause on the disbursement...more
The IRS on July 24, 2024, released Notice 2024-60, which provides Section 45Q guidance for utilization of carbon dioxide and other carbon oxides. The Notice addresses the information that must be included in the required life...more
8/12/2024
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Clean Air Act ,
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Energy Sector ,
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IRS ,
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Renewable Energy ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Credits
After two years of continuous behind-the-scenes work, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va), who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), released S. 4753, the Energy...more
8/7/2024
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS released Notice 2024-37 on April 30, 2024, regarding the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Tax Credit found at Section 40B of the Internal Revenue Code as an income tax credit and...more
5/3/2024
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Aviation Industry ,
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Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) ,
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Fuel Supply ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Sustainability ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury ,
USDA
Clean energy initiatives and legislation continue to advance with unprecedented direction, momentum and clout in the federal government. President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats remain fiercely committed to enacting...more
7/22/2021
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Budget Reconciliation ,
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China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
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Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
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Green Infrastructure ,
Green Initiatives ,
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Net Zero ,
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Supply Chain ,
Surface Transportation
Senior Democrats from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced on March 2, 2021, their comprehensive climate bill, the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act. The...more
3/10/2021
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Electric Vehicles ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Net Zero ,
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Waste Management
The end-of-the year omnibus (H.R. 133) is a massive $2.3 trillion spending bill containing appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, COVID-19 relief funds, the first energy authorization in over a decade and extensions of a...more
President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 27 H.R. 133, an end-of-year legislative package that paired the long-awaited Energy Act of 2020, reauthorizing a number of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs, with a...more
1/5/2021
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Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy Act ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Land ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
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Transportation Industry ,
Water
This Post-Election Clean Tech Outlook will build upon Holland & Knight's previous alert and provide more insight on what President-Elect Joe Biden's victory means for clean tech as part of the new administration's energy and...more
11/30/2020
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Clean Energy ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Economic Stimulus ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
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Legislative Agendas ,
Paris Agreement ,
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President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 139201 on May 1, 2020, declaring a national emergency in order to secure the nation's bulk-power system. The president's order explains that such systems are threatened by foreign...more
5/7/2020
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
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National Security ,
Power Grid ,
Russia ,
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President-Elect Donald Trump announced this week three new cabinet nominees who will certainly influence U.S. energy policy at home and abroad. This alert is intended to update clients on the President-Elect's nominees and...more
12/16/2016
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Fracking Bans ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Natural Resources ,
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Paris Convention ,
Pipelines ,
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President Obama unveiled the final Clean Power Plan (CPP) rule on Aug. 3, 2015, which sets forth a historic and ambitious regulation for cutting greenhouse-gas pollution. The CPP establishes the first-ever national standards...more
8/5/2015
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Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Compliance ,
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Discharge of Pollutants ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Register ,
FERC ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) ,
Obama Administration ,
Power Plants ,
Public Works