President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (the Act) on August 16, 2022, which, among other things, uses the tax code to slow the effects of climate change by significantly investing in clean energy and...more
In May of 2019, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) became law in Washington state and set bold decarbonization and renewable energy mandates for electric utilities. Under CETA, electric utilities in Washington must...more
2/2/2021
/ CETA ,
Clean Energy ,
Compliance ,
Electricity ,
Enforcement ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investor-Owned Utilities ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held its first monthly meeting of 2021 on January 19, welcoming new Commissioner Mark Christie to his first meeting and taking on a packed agenda. Some attention has already been paid...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week vacated and remanded a 2016 Order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that had authorized construction and operation of the Southeast Market Pipelines...more
8/30/2017
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Agency Deference ,
Appeals ,
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
FERC ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Power Plants ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sierra Club ,
Standard of Review
President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order 13783, an omnibus executive order aimed at reducing burdens on further development of domestic energy resources, with “particular attention” to oil, natural gas, coal and...more
4/6/2017
/ Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Resources ,
NEPA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petition for Review ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration
Background -
Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to set “new source performance standards” (NSPS) for selected categories of air pollution sources. These standards must...more