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Drilling for Gold: How the Next Geothermal Rush Is Creating a New Patent Battleground

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Technological advancements in geothermal exploration and drilling are reducing uncertainty and lowering risk profiles, making private investors and lenders more willing to commit capital that was historically constrained by...more

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NERC Computational Load Updates

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Since North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) launched Project 2026-02 to address reliability risks from computational loads, as discussed in our previous post, NERC has continued to manage the concerns raised...more

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Wind and Solar Energy Developers Should Review Preliminary Ruling Blocking Restrictions

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Wind and solar energy developers with pending federal permits, rights-of-way or consultation requests should be assessing a recent federal court decision preliminarily blocking the Trump administration’s sweeping restrictions...more

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Trump Administration Imposes First-Ever Secondary Sanctions on Cuba

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The Trump Administration recently broke new ground in the seven-decade history of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, clearing the way for “secondary” sanctions against non-U.S. persons that engage in certain Cuba-related business....more

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The BR International Trade Report: May 2026

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Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Sets Oil Pipeline Price Index for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031

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On April 24, 2026, FERC issued a Final Rule establishing a Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG) minus 0.55% for oil pipelines. The Commission set the revised PPI-FG for a five-year period, July 1, 2026 through...more

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FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Price Collar Extension

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On April 28, 2026, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) revisions to establish a price cap and floor for all Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auctions for the 2028/2029 and...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Federal Acceleration of Infrastructure Approvals

Less than one year after the federal government introduced the Building Canada Act (BCA) to accelerate major projects, on May 8, 2026, it put forth more ambitious proposals to streamline various federal approvals for...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ouachita County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Harmony Grove School District 1 (“HG”) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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NYSDEC Adopts Revisions to SEQRA Review

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In a notice published in the New York State Register on May 13, 2026, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) finalized amendments to regulations that implement the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA...more

Hogan Lovells

Vietnam considers strengthening offtake guarantees for LNG-to-power projects

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Vietnam is considering strengthening offtake assurances for LNG-to-power projects through proposed amendments to Decree 56 given lukewarm interest from sponsors and financiers with respect to the current framework. Policy...more

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NERC Alert Signals Growing Reliability Focus on Data Centers

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued a Level 3 Alert calling for immediate attention from NERC registered entities regarding the reliability risks associated with large computational loads,...more

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Trump Administration seeks information to relaunch nuclear-powered commercial shipping

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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) inside the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a Request for Information on developing commercially viable, system-centric small modular reactors (SMR) for maritime use. The...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Advocacy and Action: The Competition Bureau’s Curious Section 104 Silence in Keyera / Plains

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On May 4, 2026, the Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) filed a section 92 application at the Competition Tribunal challenging Keyera Corp.’s then proposed acquisition of substantially all of the Canadian natural gas liquids...more

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Brasília em Pauta - Edição Nº 239

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Prezados e prezadas, O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de...more

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ANSN Issues Resolution on NORM Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

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In April, Brazil’s National Nuclear Safety Authority (ANSN) issued Resolution No. 14/2026, establishing requirements for the registration of facilities, the adoption of radiological protection measures, and the management of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

MADS publicó TdR y criterios diferenciales de licenciamiento para pequeña minería en Colombia

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El Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS) de Colombia publicó para consulta pública un proyecto de resolución que establece los Términos de Referencia (TdR) para la licencia ambiental global (LAG) o definitiva...more

Opportune LLP

The NGL Advantage: Why Propane, Butane, and Ethane Are Critical to the Global Economy

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Amid ongoing attention to AI, global conflict, energy poverty, and permit reform, public focus often defaults to oil markets. While understandable, this reveals a problematic trend affecting not only the capital markets but...more

Hicks Johnson

Plain Language, Not Business Purpose: Lessons from the Texas Supreme Court's Equinor Decision

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The Texas Supreme Court recently provided an important, but simple, reminder: when a contract is unambiguous, the court will enforce it as written. No equitable rescue. No resort to business purpose. No reliance on the...more

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The Supreme Court of Texas Establishes a Two-Pronged Approach to Addressing Double-Fractions in Mineral Deeds

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For decades, Texas mineral owners, royalty holders, and their successors have grappled with a deceptively simple question: when an antiquated deed uses a “double fraction” involving 1/8, does 1/8 carry its ordinary...more

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Impact of the Clean Energy Transition on Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Cleanup Costs (UPDATED)

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Utilities, insurers, and system operators navigating the energy transition should read this article to learn more about...more

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The Law of War - When the Formula No Longer Fits: Gas Price Review in Times of Conflict

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When conflict disrupts global gas markets, parties commonly turn first to force majeure provisions to navigate pressing short term supply and demand issues....more

Hogan Lovells

Climate risk and insurance in the energy sector

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Rising natural catastrophe losses, shifting underwriting strategies, and growing regulatory and political pressures are reshaping insurance markets while energy demand and infrastructure investment are accelerating. As...more

DLA Piper

Horizon – News and Trends in Sustainability Law - April 2026

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in sustainability. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

White House Directs Accelerated Development of U.S. Space Nuclear Power Systems

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released National Science and Technology Memorandum 3 (NSTM-3), a policy directive that addresses executive branch agency implementation of Executive Order 14369...more

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