The State of Energy Storage: What You Need to Know
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most uncertain and unpredictable in history. The future and overall success of the U.S. Department of Energy's once-in-a-generation clean energy investments...more
During recent Senate hearings pertaining to energy and appointment made by the Biden administration to the United States Department of Energy, some of the most interesting questions have been asked by Senator John Kennedy of...more
Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
In this week’s edition, we discuss the ever-increasing focus on greenwashing by way of enforcement action taken by regulatory authorities and incoming legislation aimed at enhancing consumer protection. The EU confirmed the...more
House Energy & Commerce Committee Leadership Change for Next Congress - With the general election nine months away, 43 members of the House of Representatives have announced they will not seek reelection, including the...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more
As the nation’s largest energy consumer, the U.S. federal government plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions across its expansive portfolio of more than 350,000 federal buildings. In a pioneering move, the Biden administration...more
Environmental Justice: 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Look-Ahead - As a concept, Environmental Justice, or EJ, has been around for more than 40 years. Beginning as a slogan at protests in Warren County, NC in 1982, EJ...more
The US Department of Energy has committed $1 billion to support clean hydrogen offtakers to kickstart the hydrogen economy. On July 5, 2023, the US Department of Energy (DOE) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to invest up...more
The move represents a step forward for the small modular nuclear reactor industry, but legislative uncertainty over new nuclear facilities in the US remains. As part of long-range plans to address climate change, many...more
On April 3, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) announced her participation in a 21-state letter, opposing new Department of Energy (DOE) gas stove regulations that the states claimed would prohibit the sale of more than...more
Despite the uncertain atmosphere with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and a drop in venture capital funding last year, the end of 2022 closed out another marquee year for state and private funding of climate technology...more
The Environmental Protection Agency issued its initial guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act. Further, the Treasury Department—in collaboration with the Internal Revenue Service and the...more
Following the first two years of the Biden Administration, and fresh off of the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the U.S. Department of Energy Loan...more
In order to obtain and maintain a green real estate loan, the loan recipient must construct or renovate existing buildings to have minimal impact on the environment. The ultimate goal for green architecture is to achieve a...more
The Big Picture - Congressional Overview - American voters delivered a decidedly mixed message to Washington on Tuesday, seemingly handing Republicans narrow control of the U.S. House of Representatives and a nominal check...more
Rollout of IRA Clean Energy Provisions Continues - As reported in last month’s Washington Energy & Sustainability Update, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), including its clean energy provisions,...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), sweeping legislation that commits $369 billion to combat climate change, fund clean energy and development, and address environmental justice. This...more
[co-author: Leila Fleming] Good evening! This is Akin Gump’s weekly policy newsletter on all things climate change. Below are the major federal and California climate policy headlines of the past week... ...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration sent the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to the United States Congress (“Congress”). The President’s proposed $5.8 trillion budget for FY 2023 allocates billions...more
The Department of Energy (DOE) has adopted two new rules for commonly-used light bulbs which are intended to phase out most incandescent bulbs in favor of LED lightbulbs, which use less energy and last significantly longer. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are back in session this week. While both chambers have a number of items scheduled for action, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the US...more
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and clean hydrogen will play a significant role in the Administration’s efforts to address hard-to-decarbonize industries to promote clean US manufacturing. On February 15,...more
With 2022 underway, the Biden-Harris administration is continuing to implement its “whole-of-government” response to climate change. In 2021, the administration focused on building public-private partnerships on clean energy,...more
The Biden Administration’s April 2021 pledge for new U.S. commitments to the Paris Agreement calls for an 80% reduction of electric power greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The Administration also is committed to achieving...more