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- Pursuant to President Trump’s executive order seeking to maximize the secretary of energy’s emergency authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, the secretary’s two new orders have halted the...more
6/10/2025
/ Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
MISO ,
Natural Gas ,
NERC ,
PJM ,
Popular ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump signed four executive orders (EOs) on May 23, 2025, related to nuclear energy—three of which seek to expedite approval processes for permitting new nuclear reactors. The EOs collectively aim to harness...more
On Friday, May 23, 2025, President Trump signed four executive orders related to nuclear energy, three of which seek to expedite approval processes for permitting new nuclear reactors.
The orders, which build upon...more
5/28/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Atomic Energy Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
National Security ,
NEPA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
On April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a slew of executive actions seeking to bolster the coal industry.
One of the three executive orders is directly targeted at procedures to increase coal mining and production, which...more
4/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
NEPA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
The Trump administration’s efforts to satisfy the United States’ need for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure further advanced when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or department) issued an anticipated Request for...more
On January 20th, President Donald Trump launched his first attack on the wind industry by issuing a Presidential Memorandum, which temporarily bars future offshore wind leasing in federal waters and pauses issuance of any...more
1/27/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Offshore Wind ,
Permits ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
Wind Power
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed to amend its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures on November 16, 2023, to include a new categorical exclusion for certain energy storage systems and to expand its...more
11/28/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Infrastructure ,
NEPA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Solar Energy
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its National Transmission Needs Study (Needs Study), which concludes that there is a pressing need for additional transmission infrastructure. That need is expected to...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) recently announced the project recipients selected for negotiation to develop seven regional clean hydrogen hubs across the United States....more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a combined Notice of Intent and Request for Information (NOI) on May 9, 2023, that proposes a new applicant-driven, route-specific process to designate National Interest Electric...more
5/18/2023
/ Applications ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Financing ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Loans ,
NEPA ,
Notice of Intent ,
Power Grid ,
Request For Information ,
Transmission Lines
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
5/15/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
NEPA ,
Net Zero ,
Transmission Lines
The first quarter of 2023 saw a flurry of activity from state and federal agencies focused on offshore wind transmission. In early January, multiple states in New England jointly filed with the U.S. Department of Energy Grid...more