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Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - September 2024

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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

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Mexico's Supreme Court Declares Main Amendments to Electricity Industry Law Affecting the Private Sector Unconstitutional

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The Situation: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ("AMLO") sponsored a bill aimed at modifying Mexico's Electric Industry Law (the "EIL Reform Bill") in order to strengthen Mexico's state-owned utility (Comisión...more

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Change on the Horizon for Alberta's Electricity Regulatory Regime in 2024

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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

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Pause on Renewable Project Approvals Part 2: AUC Launches Inquiry into Renewable Electricity Development

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On September 11, 2023, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) formally launched an inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly, and efficient development of electricity generation in the province (“Inquiry”)....more

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Québec Announces a New Call for Tenders for Wind Energy Supplies After Postponing Previous Ones

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On December 19, 2022, Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, announced that the calls for tenders for a 1,000-megawatt block of wind energy and a 1,300-megawatt block of renewable energy, which were...more

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California Is Paving the Way for Offshore Wind

The California coast is home to some of the best offshore wind resources in the country. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that California's coast has a resource potential of 201,000 megawatts (MW) of...more

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FERC Directs NERC to Study Bulk Electric System's Internal Cybersecurity Gaps

Continuing a recent trend in which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has been directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to improve or maintain the reliability of the nation's...more

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United States and Canada request consultations under the USMCA over Mexico's energy policies favoring CFE and PEMEX

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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

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2021 Mexican Constitutional Reform Bill: Proposed Changes for Foreign Investors in the Electricity Sector

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On September 30, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent the Reform Initiative to the House of Representatives and the United Commission of Constitutional and Energy Matters for review and plenary voting....more

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Texas Commission Proposes New Generator, Utility Weather Requirements and Opens Fast-Track Rulemaking Proceeding

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The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has issued draft regulations to implement new electric weather-related requirements set forth in Texas Senate Bill 3 (SB 3), which was enacted in response to what the PUCT...more

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Carbon Reduction and Environmental Justice Drive Energy Policy

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

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New Mexican Power Regulatory Framework – Defense Mechanisms Available to Investors

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The current administration has sustained an attack against the electricity legal framework established by its predecessor. The new framºework reflects a major change in policy concerning the participation of the private...more

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2021 Mexican Electricity Reform: What Foreign Investors in Mexico Must Know to Protect Their Rights

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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

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Mexico – Court Suspends Amendment to the Electricity Industry Law

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Just two days following the controversial publication of the bill to amend the 2014 Electricity Industry Law (the "Amendment"), District Court Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro, specialized in administrative, antitrust and...more

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House of Representatives Approves the Amendment of Mexico’s Electricity Industry Law

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On February 23, 2021, the House of Representatives discussed and approved the draft of the Amendment of the Electricity Industry Law proposed by Mexico President López Obrador on February 1 (the “Amendment”), with a total of...more

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La Suprema Corte de México invalida diversas secciones de la controversial Política de Confiabilidad de SENER

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El 3 de febrero de 2021, la Segunda Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación resolvió la Controversia Constitucional 89/2020, interpuesta por la Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (“COFECE”), contra la...more

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New Policy on Reliability of the National Electrical System (NES) in Mexico

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On May 15th, 2020, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) its Policy on Reliability, Safety, Continuity and Quality of the National Electric System (the “Policy”)....more

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The Emerging Hydrogen Economy

The worldwide demand for energy continues to grow at a substantial rate. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2050, global energy demand will be between 30 to 40 percent higher than today, even on the assumption that the...more

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Mexico Power Industry: The end of Legados to push private markets

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• The new Mexican Administration has started to study and make adjustments to energy policy and regulation. That work along with rulings from Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and Centro Nacional de Control de Energía...more

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Energy Reform Legislation in Mexico Gives the Private Sector Unprecedented Opportunities in the Mexican Electrical Power Industry

Mexico’s President recently signed into law a historic package of legislation to restructure the nation’s electrical power sector. This article discusses the legislation, which will create a more open and competitive power...more

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Electricity Reform in Mexico: New Opportunities and Roles

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Although much of the buzz around Mexico's energy reform focused on the oil & gas sector, the Mexican power sector also underwent a fundamental change. Together with eight new and twelve amended federal laws, Mexico's...more

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Energy Newsletter - October 2014

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In This Issue: - Mexico's New E&P Contracts - Electricity Reform in Mexico: New Opportunities and Roles - New Licence Terms Promoting Unconventional Exploration and Production are Introduced for the UK's 14th...more

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Mexico’s Energy Reform Provides Significant Opportunities in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production

Mexico’s new energy legislation, which went into effect on August 12, 2014, will completely restructure the Mexican energy sector, including both hydrocarbons and electricity. This legislation opens up oil and gas exploration...more

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New York Proposes Dramatic Reform of Utility Structure

On April 24, 2014, the New York State Department of Public Service (PSC) issued a report proposing a radical change to the way regulated utilities in the state are structured and the services they provide. The report,...more

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