The State of Energy Storage: What You Need to Know
On July 3, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”), and the Departments of Energy (“DOE”), Interior (“DOI”), Transportation (“DOT”),...more
This month’s update brings a flurry of activity in energy-related policy, but the final outcomes will not be known until later in July, or even August. After the House narrowly passed their reconciliation bill in May, the...more
In March 2025, the Department of Energy was rumored to be reviewing projects, which were awarded billions of dollars under the Biden Administration. This review reportedly targeted any program or project that had spent less...more
Following the Trump administration’s previously announced commitment to “slash unnecessary red tape and regulations,” the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a new suite of deregulatory actions that, if successful, will...more
Congress has approximately one month to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to undo qualifying Biden Administration-issued regulations. According to an updated analysis by Bloomberg Government, the estimated period to...more
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
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on March 24, 2025, reissued its $900 million solicitation for small modular nuclear reactors (Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment, DE-FOA-0003485) using funds from...more
According to media reports, Energy Department officials are compiling a list of clean energy projects, awarded billions of dollars, that could be overturned by the Trump administration in what may become the most significant...more
On January 3, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released long-awaited final regulations regarding the clean hydrogen production tax credit under section 45V of the...more
In the final week of the Biden Administration’s term in office, former President Biden issued two high profile executive orders that could have significant ramifications for the cybersecurity and technology industries. The...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
On January 14, 2025, with just days remaining before a presidential administration change, President Joseph R. Biden issued an Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure...more
President Joe Biden has designated two more national monuments in California, spanning 848,000 acres - the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument. The Chuckwalla National Monument creates...more
On January 14, 2025, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in AI infrastructure (the “Order”). This directive seeks to address the growing strategic importance of artificial...more
On January 14, 2025, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure. The EO, among other things, directs the Secretary of Defense and the...more
On January 10, 2025, the Biden Administration issued a broad sanctions package targeting the Russian energy sector, 10 days in advance of the transition to the incoming Trump Administration. The new sanctions also added two...more
In his final days in office, President Joe Biden has exercised his executive authority to withdraw more than 625 million acres of federal waters from future oil and gas leasing – the largest withdrawal of its kind in U.S....more
According to a new study published in the journal Renewable Energy, no blackouts occurred when wind, water, and solar electricity supply exceeded 100% of demand on California’s main grid for a record 98 of 116 days from late...more
Key Takeaways: What Happened: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making a final push to finalize energy conservation standards and test procedures for a number of categories of consumer, commercial, and...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 week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
Welcome to our 11th Issue of Currents 2024, our energy e-newsletter. This will be our last issue of 2024, and we want to sincerely thank you for reading Currents for the past eight years. Our goal is to relay top trending...more
As the Biden Administration moves swiftly to implement the trifecta of legislation it has worked to have enacted in the last three years – the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation...more
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
On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, President Biden signed into law the most comprehensive energy-related bill since the Inflation Reduction Act—and it’s all about nuclear energy. This new law will support the deployment of nuclear...more
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a fact sheet on June 25, 2024, on the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions to advance American biotechnology and biomanufacturing. According to the...more