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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — July 2024

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 6/26/2024

Final Rules for Prevailing Wage & Registered Apprenticeships at Clean Energy Projects - The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced final rules implementing the prevailing wage and...more

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Cybersecurity Baselines for Utilities and DERs

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 3/7/2024

As part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to align energy cybersecurity efforts across the country, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) has funded the release of a set of energy distribution cybersecurity baselines for...more

U.S. Electrical Grid and Renewables – Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/2/2023

As discussed previously in this blog, physical attacks against substations have been on the rise. However, the U.S. power grid is also vulnerable to cyberattacks from U.S. adversaries, which includes hostile foreign...more

BETO Will Host Bioenergy Cybersecurity Workshop on September 11, 2023

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 8/2/2023

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on July 17, 2023, that it will host a Bioenergy Cybersecurity Workshop, a virtual event organized by Sandia National Laboratories on September...more

Physical and Cyber-Attacks on Energy Infrastructure Expected to Continue

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 5/4/2023

Over the past several years, the energy sector has become a prime target for hacking and ransomware attacks, with over 40 attacks on the industry since 2017. Cyber attacks have only continued to rise, with a record high of...more

The Road to Scaling Zero-Emission Vehicles

Morgan Lewis on 3/15/2023

Since the Biden administration released the US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization (Blueprint) on January 10, 2023, the administration has continued to invest significantly in the development of electric...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, Volume 6, Issue 6

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/3/2022

Ukraine Demands Germany Cut or Halt Nord Stream 1 Gas Flows - "Ukraine is willing and able to provide an alternate transport route to the pipeline, which runs under the Baltic, he said." Why this is important: The...more

CISA, FBI, and DOE Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory in Light of Increased Threats to Energy Sector’s Cybersecurity

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/22/2022

On March 24, 2022, the Department of Justice unsealed two indictments charging four Russian government employees in two hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure in the energy sector. We cover these indictments...more

The Shifting Energy Policy Zeitgeist and Investment Implications

Bracewell LLP on 4/8/2022

On March 24, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made an unexpected and bipartisan about-face on its freshly updated policies for considering the environmental impacts of natural gas infrastructure projects like...more

U.S. Dept. of Energy Seeks Comment on Updated Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/1/2021

Shortly before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for public comment on Version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2), which DOE released in July 2021 to help organizations...more

Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - October 2021

Mintz - ML Strategies on 10/14/2021

Negotiations Continue on Budget Reconciliation & Infrastructure Bills - Although the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) – was approved by the Senate in...more

Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - September 2021

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 9/15/2021

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - As reported in our previous Washington Updates, months of negotiation and a great deal of compromise between the White House and bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill resulted in a...more

The Energizer – Volume 94

K&L Gates LLP on 7/28/2021

APEX CLEAN ENERGY AND PLUG POWER ENTER PPA TO POWER LARGEST WIND-SUPPLIED GREEN HYDROGEN PLANT IN THE NATION - On 14 July 2021, Apex Clean Energy Inc. (“Apex”) and Plug Power Inc. (“Plug Power”) announced a power purchase...more

Energy and Infrastructure Companies Need to Know about the DOE’s and Other Agencies’ Focus on Cybersecurity

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/19/2021

On March 18, 2021, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced three new research programs that are “designed to safeguard and protect the U.S. energy...more

Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Cybersecurity for Pipelines and LNG Facilities

Perkins Coie on 5/18/2021

Colonial Pipeline shut down 5,500 miles of its East Coast pipeline on May 7, 2021, in an effort to contain a security breach resulting from a ransomware attack. Colonial’s pipeline is one of the nation’s largest and carries...more

A Clean Slate for Executive Order 13920: The Bulk Power Order

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/3/2021

Last week, the Biden Administration through the Department of Energy, took actions regarding Executive Order 13920 (the “Bulk Power Order”). Such actions effectively established a clean slate for how the Biden...more

U.S. Department of Energy Seeks Comments on Securing Electric Infrastructure from Attacks from Foreign Adversaries

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/27/2021

On April 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) called for public comments on policies that the Administration should pursue to secure the U.S. electric grid from exploitation and attack by foreign adversaries. The DOE...more

U.S. Department of Energy Revokes December 2020 Prohibition Order Regarding Bulk-Power System Electric Equipment, Issues...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/26/2021

On April 20, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the “Department”) issued an order revoking its Prohibition Order Securing Critical Defense Facilities, issued December 17, 2020. DOE’s actions come exactly 90 days...more

White House And Congress Support Improved Cyber Resilience In The Energy Sector

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/12/2021

Bottom Line Up Front: The Department of Energy (DOE) will implement new cybersecurity programs to enhance energy sector resilience. DOE’s announcement coincides with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s support...more

DOE Announces New Programs to Develop Safeguards Against Physical and Cyber Threats to the U.S. Energy System

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/19/2021

On March 18, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) announced “three new research programs to safeguard the U.S. energy system from growing cyber and...more

Ransomware: The Latest Threat to the Nation's Energy Supply

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 12/18/2020

According to media reports, ransomware attacks against the manufacturing industry have more than tripled compared with last year. This dramatic rise in cyberattacks poses serious concerns about the vulnerability of critical...more

Cybersecurity 2021 – The Year in Preview: Ransomware, the Latest Threat to the Nation’s Energy Supply

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/17/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. The Growing Threat of Ransomware - According to media reports,...more

Department of Energy Identifies “Foreign Adversaries” and Seeks Industry Input Regarding Implementation of Bulk-Power System...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/13/2020

- On July 8, 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a Request for Information (RFI) concerning Executive Order 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System” (the “E.O.”). The E.O. authorizes the DOE to block...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 25, July 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/8/2020

Top Court Seeks Trump Administration Input on PennEast Pipeline - "The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Trump administration for input on a PennEast Pipeline Co. appeal that aims to jump-start a planned natural-gas line by...more

Securing the U.S. Power Grid: President and Commerce Department Sound the Alarm

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/7/2020

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 139201 on May 1, 2020, declaring a national emergency in order to secure the nation's bulk-power system. The president's order explains that such systems are threatened by foreign...more

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