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ML Strategies Outlook for 2024

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Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time - With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more

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Subscribe Proposed Bicameral Legislation to Broaden FERC’s Enforcement Jurisdiction over Trading Energy Commodities

Earlier this month members of Congress jointly introduced the “Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2023,” with the intention of expanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) ability to address energy market...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 20

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in a committee work period, and the Senate is in session this week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning a procedural vote this week...more

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How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Build Back Better Bill Would Advance the Offshore Wind Sector

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The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Biden signed into law today, and the proposed $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) each set aside historic investments in clean energy. The...more

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Revised Infrastructure Bill Contains Billions to Spur Transmission Investment

US congressional Democrats released the latest version of H.R. 5376—better known as the Build Back Better Act—late last week, hoping to advance a $1.85 trillion spending package after months of deadlock. The release of the...more

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DOE Study Lays Groundwork for Solar Energy Development

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A new study by the U.S. Department of Energy supports a dramatic expansion in solar energy development, finding that solar energy could comprise as much as 40 percent of U.S. electricity supply within the next 15 years. The...more

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Court Rulings, Delays & Cancellations Underscore Challenges For Gas Pipeline Construction

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Find out what challenges the natural gas industry faces to construct new pipelines and how these challenges have impacted gas supplies, particularly in the Northeast....more

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What's in Biden's Infrastructure Plan?

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On March 31, 2021, the Biden Administration released in broad brushstrokes its plan to address the country’s infrastructure. The “American Jobs Plan” calls for a grand total of more than $2 trillion in federal investment...more

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Less Frost, and More Cost: Biden Revives Interagency Working Group to Publish Updated Social Costs of Carbon and Other Greenhouse...

Key Points - President Biden’s Day One Executive Order on climate action reconvenes an interagency working group to establish interim and final social costs of three GHGs: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane. -...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates – August 2020

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Senate Hearing on Carbon Dioxide Management Technologies - The Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing on July 28 to examine the development and deployment of large-scale carbon dioxide management...more

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Hydropower Report: July 2020

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Our lead article this month concerns the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) long-awaited final rule on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The rule introduces sweeping changes to the NEPA regulations, aimed at...more

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Federal Clean Energy Initiatives Carry Potential Regulatory and Market Implications

In recent weeks, a flurry of Congressional activity has emerged to extend and expand federal support for clean energy initiatives. Introductions of the Renewable Electricity Standard Act and Renewable Energy Extension Act...more

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Post-Election Update 2018

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2018 MIDTERMS: The Power of Women, Possibility, and Partisan Rancor - The 2018 midterm elections showcased the power of women, both as candidates and as a key voting demographic. The elections represented a new political...more

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Post-Election Energy and Environment Outlook for Lame-Duck Session and the 116th Congress

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• Although energy and environmental issues are not expected to be among the top priorities for either party in the 116th Congress, this Holland & Knight client alert addresses several opportunities for limited bipartisan...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates – November 2018

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Congress - Although Congressional activity has been curtailed this month with members largely at home campaigning ahead of the November 6 midterm elections, there has been some activity on energy policy. The Senate...more

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New legislation streamlines FERC licensing process for pumped storage and non-power dams

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On October 10, 2018, the Senate passed (on a 99-1 vote) S.3021, "America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018." The bill passed in the House of Representatives in September, and it now awaits President Trump's signature. ...more

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FERC streamlines licensing process for pumped storage and other hydroelectric generators

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On October 10, 2018, the Senate passed (on a 99-1 vote) S.3021, "America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018." The bill passed in the House of Representatives in September, and it now awaits President Trump's signature. Of...more

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Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

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What’s New in Washington - June 2017

Despite the headlines coming out of Washington, Congress continues to move forward in regular fashion, discussing and acting upon key issues, such as funding the government, addressing the need to raise the debt ceiling and...more

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What's New in Washington: 10 Things You Need to Know

Congress returned to session the week of April 24 following a two-week recess. Active discussions and debate surrounding the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and efforts to “repeal-and-replace” the Affordable Care Act resumed...more

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Pricing Carbon in Wholesale Electricity Markets: RTOs/ISOs Looking at a Carbon Price to Integrate Regional Public Policy Goals

Several eastern regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO/ISO) are talking seriously about pricing carbon in their markets. NEPOOL, the participant voting organization on wholesale market...more

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House and Senate LNG Provisions Go to Conference

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On April 20, the Senate passed a broad-based energy bill, the Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012), and set the stage for a conference between House and Senate leaders to compromise on the policy differences between...more

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Energy Industry Target of Cyber-Attacks and Congressional Efforts to Bolster Security

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Cybersecurity of the electric power grid and energy sector as a whole has been the subject of heightened Congressional attention given the integral role the industry plays in our economy. According to a 2015 U.S. Senate...more

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Energy & Environment Update - March 2016 #2

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Energy and Climate Debate - Despite stalling recently over a debate on how to respond to the Flint water crisis, the Senate bipartisan energy bill is still alive and could see action as soon as next week provided that...more

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Energy & Environment Update - February 2016 #3

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ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATE - Congress returns this week following the President’s Day holiday, and the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13 has set the stage for a contentious nomination battle in...more

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