Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Buy America Requirements
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Moving Authority Into Projects, A Public and Private Perspective
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What Does the Infrastructure & Investment Act Mean for U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau? A Conversation with Executive Director Dr. Morteza Farajian
How the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Affects Texas
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law in November 2021, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, are both recent landmark climate-related legislation aimed at...more
We reviewed a variety of news stories discussing new solar projects in states – Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania – that have traditionally relied heavily on coal and carbon-emitting fuels. The articles reveal lessons...more
Much of the nation’s electric transmission grid is old and deteriorating, designed well before the recent transition from coal and oil-fired generation to renewable and distributed generation. There is widespread agreement...more
Efforts to pass federal permitting reform heated up in the previous Congress and continue to be a top priority, with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives kicking off their agenda with the Lower Energy Costs Act...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) on May 23, 2023, published a new suite of proposed standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants that will limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The proposed rule...more
The Biden administration (the Administration) has set ambitious goals to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To achieve these ends, the...more
As the federal government faces a potential first-ever default in June without an increase in the debt ceiling, House Republicans last month passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 in a narrow vote of 217-215 with four...more
With more application windows for projects across the infrastructure, energy and technology sectors opening in the first three quarters of 2023, businesses should begin preparing now. Applicants must meet certain compliance...more
Two decades ago, well before the current electric vehicle (EV) upsurge, hydrogen was a conceptual pillar of the clean energy movement. In his 2003 State of the Union address, then-President Bush said, “A simple chemical...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
A coming wave of planned carbon sequestration projects related to the production of blue hydrogen and climate change remediation may force the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to clarify whether it has jurisdiction over the...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
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) issued on September 28th a document titled: Home Energy Upgrade Incentives – Programs in the Inflation Reduction Act and Other Recent Federal Laws (“Policy...more
On September 28, McDermott Partner Emeka Chinwuba and Star America Infrastructure Partners’ Michael Rueger and Kamil Seidl discussed the effects of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on the P3 market and what...more
Join the McDermott Energy & Project Finance Practice Group for “Navigating the New Energy Landscape,” webinar series that will explore how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will impact different sectors within the energy...more