Practical IP Lessons From the Field: Field Trials, Trade Secrets, and the Hydrogen Horizon - Energy Law Insights
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 9 – The Economic Development Edge — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Practical IP Lessons From the Field Part Two: Navigating IP Risk in Oil & Gas - Energy Law Insights
Investing in Resilience: How Extreme Weather is Reshaping Infrastructure Investment and Risk
AI Boom and What the Future Holds - Data Centers Series
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup - Episode 6: Higher Education
Watt's Up, ERCOT? — Battery + Storage Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Practical IP Lessons From the Field Part One: Protecting Innovation in Oil & Gas - Energy Law Insights
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 18: The Triad’s Economic Momentum with Marvin Price of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Strategies for Mitigating Data Center Development Delays - Data Centers Series
Power Struggles: Innovating Around Energy Challenges in U.S./International Data Center Development — Data Centers Series
Are AI Data Centers the New Power Centers?
[Panel] Regulatory Crosscurrents: PFAS, CARB, and the Future of Environmental Enforcement
Power Play: Navigating EPA's New Rulebook - Energy Law Insights
NASA to Grid: The Journey of Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries With Majid Keshavarz, EnerVenue — Battery + Storage Podcast
New Upstream Pit Permitting Rules — Energy Law Insights
Trends in Midstream M&A - Energy Law Insights
On Friday, President Donald Trump—together with governors across key Mid-Atlantic Region states—announced a new initiative aimed at addressing soaring electricity demand driven by large‑scale AI and cloud‑computing data...more
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) ended on November 22, 2025. Among other things, the package of decisions reflected in the Belém Political Package brings renewed focus on scaling up climate finance...more
On January 14, 2026, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing Section 232 measures to address national security risks associated with imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products...more
This is a pivotal year for geothermal energy. With major policy shifts, growing incentives and breakthrough technologies on the horizon, now is the time to act....more
For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean air rules....more
The NRC has issued a Federal Register notice confirming the January 8, 2026 effective date of its direct final rule implementing the requirements of Executive Order 14270, Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American...more
Effective January 1, 2026, the laws in Delaware have changed to replace the business judgment rule with the prudence standard for utility ratemaking. This change in the legal standard for regulated utilities in Delaware now...more
What Are the FEOC Rules and How Do They Impact Clean Energy Tax Credit Eligibility? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 introduced comprehensive foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules that prohibit taxpayers...more
North Dakota surface owners defeated the carbon-storage lobby’s effort to steal their interstices.* In Northwest Landowners Association, et al, v. State of North Dakota et al, a district court declared a portion of the CO2...more
Looking back on the last year, the U.S. saw a dramatic shift in federal electric vehicle policy in favor of fossil fuels. Among the most significant, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended several federal EV and clean vehicle...more
The continued expansion of data centers—driven by cloud adoption, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing—is reshaping how investors evaluate infrastructure risk and opportunity. Among the most critical,...more
On January 3, 2026, the United States military conducted an operation in Caracas resulting in the extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. They currently remain in the U.S. facing federal...more
On 18 December 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a long-awaited order finding that PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) tariff is unjust and unreasonable as it relates to co-located load arrangements...more
The NRC saw major staffing transitions in 2025, including an unprecedented number of vacancies at the senior staff level. As 2026 kicks off, the Commission has returned to a full slate of five, and the agency has filled...more
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws since its enactment on January 1, 1970. Last year, an “interim final rule” was put into effect that rescinded all White...more
Keith Fullenweider is Chair of Vinson & Elkins and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He maintains an active practice with private equity firms and their portfolio companies on their investments, financings, and...more
Welcome to our first issue of 2026 of Currents -- our energy industry insights e-newsletter. This is our 10th year of publishing Currents, and we hope you find it informative and helpful. We appreciate you taking the time to...more
The energy industry in 2025 was defined by a perfect storm of challenges, where disputes arising from policy, regulatory ambiguity, international judicial rulings, and market volatility reshaped the industry’s landscape....more
With electricity demand rising across the United States, nuclear power is receiving renewed attention from energy developers, investors, and financiers – both for existing facilities and new projects....more
The President influences antitrust enforcement in a variety of ways, including by appointing the leaders of Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)....more
Investment in data centers continues to increase significantly as the country builds out infrastructure to accommodate the digital economy and growth of artificial intelligence. Many states, including Texas, have now...more
A federal district court in Puerto Rico recently granted a franchisee’s request for a temporary restraining order under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), preventing its franchisor from terminating or selling the...more
The clean energy industry is at a crossroads. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduced sweeping restrictions on Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOCs), fundamentally changing how developers, manufacturers, and investors...more
Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract or future-facing technology. It is an infrastructure-intensive industrial force whose rapid deployment is reshaping electricity demand, land use, water consumption, and public...more
Governor Pritzker signed the Illinois Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act into law on January 8, 2026 (Public Act 104-0458). The act has far reaching energy supply, grid regulation and infrastructure development...more
