President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order titled Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid, which aims to bolster electric grid reliability and address the national energy...more
The US administration issued the executive order “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach” on April 8, 2025, directing the US Attorney General to identify and challenge state- and local-level energy and climate...more
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address identified making America “energy dominant again” as one of four America First Priorities. Having issued several statements and executive orders in January that focused on...more
Regulatory developments include FERC’s actions on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, co-location of large electric loads, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for...more
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A Global Opportunity and Regulatory Roadmap for Energy Storage in 2025 The energy storage sector maintained its upward trajectory in 2024, with estimates indicating that global energy storage installations rose by more than...more
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) establishing the National Energy Dominance Council (Council) on February 14, 2025. The EO outlines the rationale for creating the Council, its members, and its primary...more
The demand for data centers, both in the United States and abroad, has been accelerating at an unprecedented pace, driven largely by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital applications....more
President Donald Trump signed several energy-focused executive orders aimed at increasing production and distribution of domestic fossil fuel resources, including development of Alaska’s natural resources....more
On January 20, US President Trump issued an executive order, “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements,” withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement and other climate-related financial...more
The Trump-Vance administration issued an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind leasing and calling for a review of the federal governmental leasing and permitting practices for all wind projects....more
On January 14, 2025, with just days remaining before a presidential administration change, President Joseph R. Biden issued an Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure...more
Donald J. Trump became the 47th president of the United States on January 20. His second inaugural address focused significantly on energy policy, where he promised to declare a national energy emergency. Making America...more
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced on October 30, 2024 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this year to collaborate on safety research, testing, and standards for...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on September 19, 2024 to tighten its existing mandatory controls for certain electric assets. The proposal reflects...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) not only provides new technological advantages to the energy industry, but also the industry is itself responsible for providing the vast (and growing) amount of energy consumption driven by the...more
The US federal government’s evolving role in overseeing transmission development took another leap forward after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Orders 1920 and 1977, two new rules that mark FERC’s...more
This report comes to you at the turning of the tide for energy storage: after two years of rising prices and supply chain disruptions, the energy storage industry is starting to see price declines and much-anticipated supply...more
Regulatory developments include FERC’s orders on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for inverter-based resources....more
Entities in the energy industry are subject to a vast amount of reporting regulations. Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized rules regarding the disclosure of cybersecurity attacks, adding...more
The energy industry faces unique challenges when it comes to cybersecurity and working with vendors on digital transformation projects. Energy is one of the “critical infrastructure sectors” identified in Presidential Policy...more
Electric vehicle (EV) charging relies on a complex ecosystem involving multiple entities, including utility operators, third-party data network providers, charging infrastructure owners, and the EVs themselves. The high...more
Protecting critical infrastructure has become a national security priority. On March 2, 2023, the Biden administration released the National Cybersecurity Strategy, a far-reaching document that sets forth its vision for the...more
In May 2023, the Automotive & Mobility Industry Group at Morgan Lewis was invited to the State of Michigan by leaders of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification for a series of meetings that provided unparalleled...more
US President Joseph Biden recently described our digital world as being at an “inflection point.” Indeed, the rapid proliferation of new technology has created complex, and sometimes hidden, digital interdependencies that are...more
Energy storage: the technology that will cash the checks written by the renewable energy industry. Energy storage can transform intermittent clean energy—primarily derived from wind and solar—into a reliable source of 24/7...more