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Energy Law: Month in Review - September 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

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This Week's Climate Policy Update - September 2024

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 9

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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Energy Chairman Manchin's Permitting Bill Moves Through Committee in Careful Balancing Act

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After two years of continuous behind-the-scenes work, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va), who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), released S. 4753, the Energy...more

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Addressing Inefficiencies in the Energy Sector: The Proposed Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

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The permitting process has been identified by numerous commentators as a major cause of delays in the development of energy, infrastructure, and mining projects in the United States. ...more

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The End of the Chevron Doctrine and the Reassertion of Judicial Primacy in Reviewing Federal Regulatory Actions

In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resource Defense Council, reversing a lower court ruling that set aside EPA’s Clean Air Act “bubble policy” of providing regulatory relief from...more

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D.C. Circuit Denies Food & Water Watch’s Challenges to FERC’s GHG Review in NGA Certificate Proceeding

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On June 14, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied Food & Water Watch’s environmental challenges to the FERC’s order granting a certificate of public convenience...more

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FERC Approves New Final Rule for Permit to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities

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At its May 13, 2024 open meeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Order No. 1977,[1] which updates the process FERC uses when exercising its transmission siting authority under Section 216...more

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This Week’s Climate Policy Update - May 2024 #4

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

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Order No. 1977: FERC Siting Permits for Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities - FERC Finalizes Backstop Transmission Siting...

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On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or Commission) issued a final rule amending its regulations governing FERC’s review of applications for transmission siting permits pursuant to section 216 of...more

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FERC Issues Final Rules on Electric Transmission Planning, Cost Allocation, and Backstop Authority Evaluation Procedures

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On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) established “a new foundation” upon which new electric transmission facilities can be planned, paid for, and built. The Commission did so...more

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Senate Committee Considers Three New FERC Nominees

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On March 21, 2024, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to consider President Biden’s three recent nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”): (1) David...more

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Implications of US Department of Energy Decision to ‘Pause’ Authorizations of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports May Extend Beyond...

On January 26, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it would place a temporary “pause” on pending decisions to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries with which the United States has not entered into...more

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Renewable Energy Update 12.21.23

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts....more

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In Blow to Renewables, Ninth Circuit Mostly Upholds FERC's PURPA Reforms

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sept. 5, 2023, issued a critical ruling upholding certain reforms the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued in 2020 to its regulations implementing the federal...more

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DOE Proposed Rule “Coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission Facilities”

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In a concerted effort to meet the Biden administration’s aggressive carbon-reduction goals, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) unveiled a pre-publication copy of a forthcoming proposed rule on August 10, 2023, aimed at...more

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How Much Permitting "Reform" Comes from the New Debt Ceiling Legislation?

Without fanfare or ceremony, on Saturday June 3rd, President Biden signed the bitterly-negotiated Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA), also known as the Debt Ceiling Limit legislation. While most of the media attention...more

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New Case Law Update: Mountain Valleys, Chevron Deference and a Long-Awaited Resolution on the Sacketts’ Small Lot

This is a brief roundup of recent federal court environmental and regulatory law decisions from the federal courts over the past few months, including the much anticipated ruling in Sackett, et ux., v, Environmental...more

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D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC’s NEPA Review of Alaskan LNG Project

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On May 16, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued an opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, affirming FERC’s...more

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Summary of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on FERC Oversight

On May 4, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing titled “Hearing to Conduct Oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.” This alert provides a high-level summary of the discussion....more

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Environmental Justice Community Impacts Take Center Stage at FERC

Energy industry watchers are waiting to see whether environmental or industry groups will appeal a pair of decisions issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 21, 2023, that addressed the impacts of...more

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The Climate Report | First Quarter 2023

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Incoming: Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosures in Australia - The Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Consultation Paper proposes that, commencing with the 2024/2025 financial year, large, listed entities and large...more

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A Court-Side Seat: Hog Catching, “Hard Looks” and Hardship Exemptions

If “Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” It’s been a quiet term thus far for the Supreme Court, due in part to the hearing of oral arguments in many contentious cases. Below is a brief summary of some of the recent...more

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CEQ’s Interim Guidance on GHG and Climate Change: Considerations for FERC-Regulated Natural Gas Infrastructure Developers

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently issued interim “National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Climate Change” (the “Interim Guidance”) to assist...more

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CEQ Releases New Guidance for Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change under NEPA

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In a move that could have far-ranging implications for projects that require federal permits and rulemaking across the entire federal government, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published interim...more

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