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Most people are familiar with geothermal energy from pictures of Iceland and from the heat pumps in their home. But, geothermal energy can be located in much broader geographic areas, and can be useful for large-scale energy...more
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors gave a thumbs up to revised draft rules for battery energy storage facilities at its January 13 meeting amid resident dissent....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
On January 8, 2026, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (“CRGA”). CRGA is the most wide-ranging energy legislation passed in Illinois since the 2021 Climate and...more
On December 16, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published Instruction Memorandum 2026-004 (IM2026-004), titled Promoting Annual Competitive Geothermal Lease Sales, establishing new policy guidance for geothermal...more
Geothermal energy offers a lot of potential in the energy transition agenda and can be a tool for energy sovereignty and a solution to fight against global warming and adapt to its consequences. Indeed, heating and cooling...more
A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious”...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accelerating efforts to transform sections of its federal land portfolio into strategic hubs for artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled data centers and advanced energy infrastructure. ...more
Mexico's executive branch, through the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), on Oct. 3, 2025, published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) the Regulations of the Geothermal Law,...more
El equipo de asuntos regulatorios y gubernamentales de Holland & Knight en México revisó las nuevas disposiciones publicadas para el sector de energía en materia de electricidad, biocombustibles, planeación y transición...more
El Reglamento de la Ley de Geotermia, publicado el 3 de octubre de 2025, establece de manera detallada las reglas operativas para el aprovechamiento del calor del subsuelo en México. Regula las modalidades de participación en...more
Orrick’s Zac Padgett sat down with Pankaj Tanwar, managing director at CarbonBetter, to explore what’s driving demand in the energy tech market today and and how CarbonBetter is helping companies scale. Learn about: ...more
On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the tax provisions of the Reconciliation Bill. Like the House version (H.R. 1) passed on May 22, the Senate version targets solar and wind tax incentives for...more
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on May 30 that it will invoke emergency permitting procedures to accelerate environmental review of select geothermal energy projects, with three proposed geothermal...more
Geothermal energy is rapidly gaining support in Texas as a viable and cost-efficient clean energy resource with substantial economic development prospects. With the ability to leverage the state’s existing oil and gas...more
Welcome to our fifth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along an announcement and an event notice first. Again, thank you for reading! Tapping Into Common...more
With escalating tensions surrounding President Trump's energy and tariff initiatives, geothermal power has emerged as a rare point of bipartisan agreement in American energy policy. Lawmakers from both parties are rallying...more
This year’s Earth Week theme, “Our Power, Our Planet,” focuses on renewable energy, specifically “championing solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and tidal generated energy.”...more
Amidst continued optimism from the Trump Administration on geothermal energy as compared to other renewable energy sources, some private companies are looking to achieve their stated clean energy goals by turning to...more
We look forward to Earth Day 2025 today, the Corporate Environmental Lawyer is once again kicking off its weekly series of blogs which focus on this year’s Earth Day theme — “Our Power, Our Planet”. This year marks the 55th...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved new maintenance and operation standards for battery storage resources, including requiring facility owners to develop emergency response and emergency action...more
Welcome to our first Issue of Currents 2025, our energy e-newsletter. While our energy practice is constantly changing and evolving, we too have expanded our focus for 2025 with some new editors involved with this...more
With a renewed focus on domestic energy production and regulatory reform, the incoming administration signals significant shifts in U.S. energy and climate priorities. The incoming Trump Administration will prioritize...more
FERC has issued a final rule, Order No. 874, expanding the eligibility criteria for Qualifying Facilities (QFs) as defined under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to enable certain fuel cell–based...more
The flurry of activity at the end of 2019 demonstrates that congressional support for clean energy research and development (R&D) remains strong, as evidenced by level or increasing budgets for most of the relevant programs...more