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Part 2 of powering through the AI future: Regulatory and market issues in supplying electricity to data centers

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The explosion of AI technology over the past year has brought increasing awareness of the potential impact of this technology on the U.S. power grid. Electric demand attributable to data centers is expected to more than...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Power Infrastructure: The New Driver of Industrial Site Selection

For decades, the availability and cost of labor dominated industrial site selection decisions in the United States. Today, however, a new factor has emerged as equally crucial: power infrastructure. The rise of...more

K&L Gates LLP

Texas Updates

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Over the last several months there have been a number of developments within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. The most significant have been the issuance of a Joint Blackstart Availability Study and...more

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DOE Study Finds US Must Double Regional Transmission Capacity To Meet 2035 Clean Energy Goal

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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

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NSIP operational reform consultation: will it improve the process?

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The Government is currently consulting on operational changes to the NSIP consenting process that have the potential to make significant improvements to parts of the DCO process. In this Insight we outline the changes...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Key Takeaways for the Energy Industry from the 2023 Texas Legislative Session: What Passed and What Failed

Monday, May 29, 2023, marked the official end of the 88th regular session of the Texas Legislature. It was an especially active session for the energy industry, which saw the passage of several bills that, if signed into law...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Plazo para presentar declaración de interés subasta de asignación energía OEF en Colombia

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Como fue anunciado por la Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas (CREG) de Colombia a principios del año en curso, se llevará a cabo una nueva subasta de expansión con el objetivo de garantizar la confiabilidad del...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

As Airports Rush To Electrify, Important Questions Remain Unanswered, And Unasked

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As with many other industries, the airport industry is rushing to electrify. Nearly every airport conference contains a session on airport electrification. As nearly every commercial service airport in the United States is...more

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FERC Seeks Over $508 Million to Accomplish 2023 Strategic Priorities

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Monday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) submitted its Fiscal Year 2023 Congressional Justification. This document, which is submitted annually, consolidates the Annual Performance Plan with the Performance...more

King & Spalding

Winter Weather Readiness Requirements for Generation Entities in Texas

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With winter coming, many are questioning whether Texas will be able to avoid another catastrophic loss of power like that experienced during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021. While regulators have known the causes of the...more

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The Utah Legislature Chooses “All of the Above” for a Reliable Electric Grid

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During the recent General Session, the Utah Legislature enacted several major energy bills which confirm the State’s continued investment in, and support of, both conventional and renewable energy sources. The Legislature...more

White & Case LLP

The Texas Blackout: A Regulatory Retrospective and Future Outlook

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The state of Texas, and its isolated power grid, buckled under the weight of persistent cold in February 2021, leading to a historic and widespread blackout. In the immediate aftermath, the human cost of decisions made in the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Announces June 2021 Technical Conference on Climate Change, Extreme Weather and Electric System Reliability

On March 5, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a virtual, public technical conference “to discuss issues surrounding the threat to electric system reliability posed by climate change and extreme...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Texas Power Grid Failure Results in Widespread Consequences

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Legal, legislative, and procurement issues related to this week’s widespread failures of the Texas power grid have and will continue to result in significant losses for numerous businesses and individuals in Texas and...more

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Polar Vortex Highlights Problems with Texas Isolationist Model and Need for National Electric Grid

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Following a week of extremely cold temperatures which caused millions of Texans to be without power, in some cases for longer that three days, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it will be...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key Takeaways: Achieving Low-Cost Decarbonization Through Power Markets, Infrastructure and Grid Operations

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McDermott hosted Rob Gramlich, Founder and President of Grid Strategies, LLC, on July 16 for a discussion of low-cost decarbonization strategies for the electricity sector. We framed the discussion around 2020 US Presidential...more

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[Webinar] Achieving Low-Cost Decarbonization Through Power Markets, Infrastructure and Grid Operations - July 16th, 12:30 pm -...

McDermott continues to interact with industry leaders to provide the latest market updates in the energy industry. On July 16, Partners Ed Zaelke and Jacob Hollinger will host Rob Gramlich, founder and president of Grid...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2020 #4

Industry Expert Insights - We reached out to one of our Lex Mundi partners and a well-known expert in Poland in the energy and legal industries to get his thoughts on the current energy climate. Radoslaw Wasiak is a...more

Snell & Wilmer

Impact of COVID–19 on Energy and Infrastructure Projects in Arizona and the West: Disruption, Slowdowns, Uncertainty and Virtual...

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With states now modifying their stay-at-home orders and social distancing restrictions, the long-term effects of the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic on energy and infrastructure projects remains unclear. But there have been...more

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Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for January 2020

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Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s January 23, 2020 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on January 16, 2020. Agenda items E-1, E-2, E-3, E-6, E-7, E-8, E-9, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2020

Energy Infrastructure Attacks are ‘Probable’: Oil Traders Fear Supply Disruptions in the Middle East - "A dramatic escalation of geopolitical tensions will most likely result in an unplanned oil supply shortage in the...more

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Community Choice Aggregators on the Rise as an Alternative Electricity Provider

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Community choice aggregators (CCAs) are growing in popularity as an alternative electricity provider for communities that want more local control over their energy mix. And so, financiers, CCAs and other business leaders must...more

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Time for a Check-Up: Taking the Pulse of Wyoming’s Energy Sector

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It is time for a check-up, or more appropriately, a check-in, on the Wyoming energy sector. I have spent quite a bit of time in Wyoming recently, and one troubling comment that I heard in a gas station has resonated with me –...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2019 #3

Trump Signs Orders to Speed Up Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction - "President Trump signed two executive orders that he says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects to enhance the production and...more

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Arizona Corporation Commission Presses Forward with New Energy Policies and Potential Updates to Energy Rules

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Over the past two years, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has been considering how to address the rapidly changing electric energy landscape. Through a variety of proceedings, the ACC is reviewing existing...more

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