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Louisiana Operator Survives Forfeiture of Right to Recover Drilling Costs

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In Mistretta v. Hilcorp Energy Company, unleased mineral owner Mistretta sued Hilcorp alleging failure to provide requested production and well cost information pertaining to an oil well operated by Hilcorp. The well was in a...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Electric Vehicle Council to Issue Assessments of Charging Infrastructure in Massachusetts, Triggering Grid Planning and...

This is our second blog post discussing provisions in the 2024 Massachusetts Clean Energy Bill promoting the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging infrastructure. As referenced in our first post, some of...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - December 2024

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In this Issue: Mission is Market - As with many, we in the Foley Hoag energy and climate practice have felt the results of the 2024 election reverberate through our industry. We’ve gathered and digested the most current...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Montana Supreme Court Sides with Youth Climate Activists

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In a 6-1 ruling yesterday, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a landmark decision finding that a 2011 state law making it illegal to consider environmental impacts (including greenhouse gas emissions) when issuing permits for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

APAC Energy Pulse – December 2024

A recent report by Wood Mackenzie predicts that average renewable energy certificate (REC) prices in the Asia-Pacific region will drop by 76% between 2023 and 2050. The projected decline is due to an oversupply in the REC...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Section 48 Energy Investment Tax Credit: Final Regulations Released

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final regulations for the energy investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, which was...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Indicts Indian Billionaire and Seven Other Individuals for Bribery and Fraud Scheme Involving Payments to Indian Government...

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In a far-reaching criminal case, in November 2024, the Justice Department unsealed a complex, five-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging eight defendants, including Gautam S. Adani, Sagar R. Adani and...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Ohio Court of Appeal Addresses Whether Gathering and Transportation Are Separate and Distinct Post-Production Activities

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As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Marcellus Shale play, one issue remains constant: the ongoing debate over the deduction of post-production costs. Landowners all across Pennsylvania have spent countless hours...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CFPB Finalizes Rule on Residential PACE Loans

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On December 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule implementing Section 307 of the 2018 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) and amending...more

J.S. Held

The Winds of Change: Navigating Offshore Wind Disputes

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Offshore wind energy is a new and developing frontier in the global transition to renewable power, with ambitious worldwide projects competing for expertise in a fledgling industry. As this industry grows, so too do the...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 12.19.24

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According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report from the American Clean Power Association and Wood Mackenzie, the third quarter of 2024 recorded 3,806 MW and 9,931 MWh of energy storage installed across all market...more

Jones Day

PTAB Reiterates Strict Evidentiary Standard for Printed Publications

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The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) for a patent directed to geothermal technology. Fervo Energy Co. v. Ormat Techs. Inc., IPR2014-00665, Paper 18 (PTAB Sept. 18, 2024). The claimed invention related to...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

PJM Files Reliability Resource Initiative at FERC Requesting Expansion of Transition Cycle #2 for Reliability Resources

On December 13, 2024, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) a modification to Part VII of its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”), adding provisions to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 23: Shaping Georgia’s Energy Landscape: Insights From Commissioner Tim Echols

In this episode, Rebecca Davis and Caroline Magee, leaders of AGG’s ESG team, are joined by Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols to discuss the role of energy in the future of Georgia’s economy, as well as what U.S....more

ArentFox Schiff

ICSID Releases Its 2024 Annual Report: Second-Highest Caseload in History and Membership Expansion

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On October 25, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights significant trends and statistics in ICSID’s cases during the fiscal year ending on June...more

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Resilience: Transforming the Energy Sector – Navigating Risks and Rewards in Battery Storage | Episode 4 (12.18.24)

In the newest episode of Resilience, Pillsbury’s Shellka Arora-Cox and guest Adam Hise, Managing Director of Storage Risk Solutions for Ascend Analytics, dive deep into the evolving world of battery storage, market...more

Mayer Brown

Aneel Inicia Consulta Pública Para Regulamentação de Armazenamento de Energia No Brasil

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A diretoria da Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL) aprovou, na última Reunião Pública Ordinária de 2024, realizada no dia 10 de dezembro, a abertura da segunda fase da Consulta Pública nº 39/2023 (Consulta Pública)....more

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Trump 2.0: Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Emissions Requirements

In a potential blow to the fledging EV transition, reports have noted that the Trump transition team is planning to terminate the $7,500 consumer EV credit, an action publicly supported by Elon Musk....more

Stinson LLP

Trump's First 100 Days: Environmental

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At a high level, President-elect Trump is expected to issue executive orders to pause pending rules, use the Congressional Review Act to withdraw recently finalized rules, and halt agency activity while the administration...more

BCLP

NSIP Planning: What’s Changed in 2024 and On the Horizon for 2025?

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2024 has been a year with a continued focus on the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (‘NSIP’) planning regime by both the predecessor and current government. Reforms to make the regime faster and more effective...more

White & Case LLP

Data centers and water: From scrutiny to opportunity

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Data centers power the cloud computing services companies rely on for everyday tasks, including banking, logistics and data storage and processing. In many countries, including Australia and the United States, data center...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Local heat networks - reducing reliance on gas and de-carbonising heating

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While we often associate electric heat pumps with homes, businesses are also turning to alternatives to gas to provide heating and hot water. This is applicable to both retro-fitting existing buildings and to the construction...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Outlook on the New Administration: Council on Environmental Quality and Environmental Reviews under the National Environmental...

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In 2020, President-elect Donald Trump promised to ensure that “America’s most critical infrastructure projects” would not be “tied up and bogged down by an outrageously slow and burdensome federal approval process.” Much of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Butterfly Nets and Business Bets: How Proposed Protections for Monarchs Could Snare Agribusiness, Renewables and Development

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published its proposal in the Federal Register to list the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....more

Hogan Lovells

Energy Buzz: Powering the Future: Bridging the UK’s Grid Gap

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Welcome back to Energy Buzz, your regular snapshot into the latest topics in the energy industry from Hogan Lovells. Here we explore the pressing need for additional grid capacity....more

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