Las Reformas Constitucionales Transcendentales en México: Oportunidades y Retos para el Inversionista Privado
In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 - After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía or CRE) on Sept. 10, 2024, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF), the "Agreement No. A/108/2024 by...more
On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 1920, the final rule of highly anticipated reforms to regional transmission planning processes under its jurisdiction. Order No. 1920 is the...more
The Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) issued a February 9th report titled: Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform Proposals (“Report”) - The CRS serves as bipartisan shared staff to Congressional committees...more
As part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to align energy cybersecurity efforts across the country, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) has funded the release of a set of energy distribution cybersecurity baselines for...more
In 2004, Alberta's Transmission Regulation established the framework for the planning and development of Alberta’s electricity transmission infrastructure. Its intent was to attract new generation, increase competition and...more
The Biden administration (the Administration) has set ambitious goals to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To achieve these ends, the...more
Esta semana se ha aprobado el Real Decreto 314/2023, de 25 de abril, por el que se desarrolla el procedimiento y los requisitos para el otorgamiento de la autorización administrativa de las redes de distribución de energía...more
Although this year’s Virginia General Assembly was a short session, there was still a long to-do list and lots of activity involving several important pieces of proposed energy legislation...more
On October 2021, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted to the Mexican Congress a Bill to amend Articles 25, 27, and 28 of the Mexican Constitution related to energy matters. The purpose of the Bill, named the...more
On 20 and 21 July 2022, the United States and Canada requested consultations with Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) regarding various energy measures that favor Mexico's state-owned electrical...more
At its June 16, 2022, open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements, 179 FERC ¶...more
On June 15, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution No. A/015/2022 by means of which the Energy Regulatory Commission establish the scenarios that constitute a...more
On April 7, 2022, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice resolve Constitutional procedures filed to override the Electricity Industry Law amendments published on March 9, 2021, at the Official Gazette of the Federation....more
El 7 de abril de 2022 se llevó a cabo la sesión del Pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación en la que se resolvió la Acción y Controversias Constitucionales promovidas para invalidar el “Decreto por el que se...more
On October 1, 2021, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted to the House of Representatives a bill to amend the Mexican constitution in respect of the electric power sector. The bill aims to reassert the...more
Following prior attempts to preclude private investor participation in the energy sector through Congressional legislation (i.e. Electric Industry Law and Hydrocarbons Law), President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, submitted to...more
On September 30, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies an "Initiative with a draft of decree amending articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican...more
On September 24, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order (176 FERC ¶ 61,207) approving tariff revisions to amend the California ISO’s (CAISO) interconnection procedures for its current queue cluster...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently signaled potential wide-reaching reforms to regional electric transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection processes. Nearing the tenth anniversary of...more
As we anticipated, under President Biden the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun addressing ways to reduce carbon emissions and add new transmission capacity. (See our 2021 Insights article “Under Biden,...more
The Situation: In March 2021, the reform to the Mexican Electricity Industry Law (the "Electricity Reform") came into effect. It is a material modification of the sector rules that attracted national and foreign investment to...more
The Mexican Congress passed the bill to reform and amend the Electric Industry Law (Ley de la Industria Eléctrica or LIE) that was submitted by the Office of the President on Feb. 1, 2021. Congress made no relevant changes to...more
Some of America's largest energy customers issued an unprecedented policy statement, advocating that the federal government implement ambitious policies to modernize the electric grid, expand access to organized wholesale...more
FERC proposes transmission rating reform and upholds PURPA order - Bullet Utility Dive – November 20 - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last Thursday upheld its order overhauling its implementation of...more