Las Reformas Constitucionales Transcendentales en México: Oportunidades y Retos para el Inversionista Privado
On July 3, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule revising its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to remove references to the recently rescinded...more
Much has been written in recent weeks about how the renewable energy industry in Texas dodged a bullet — several bullets actually — when three high-profile bills targeting the industry failed to pass in the recent legislative...more
New laws have been issued for the Mexican electricity sector, establishing a new dynamic between the public and private sectors....more
México publicó reformas y actualizaciones a diversas leyes y regulaciones energéticas, como se describe a continuación. Simplificación fiscal al régimen fiscal de PEMEX. Ahora PEMEX sólo está obligada a pagar el Derecho...more
Join us Friday, March 28 from 11:00 – 11:35 am EST for our annual Virginia Energy Legislative Update webinar. We will cover several important pieces of energy legislation that were passed during the fast-paced 2025 General...more
President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders and a memorandum focused on the energy sector: Unleashing American Energy (EO 14154), Declaring a National Energy Emergency (EO 14159), Unleashing Alaska's...more
The UK government has set out an “action plan” for reaching its target of clean power by 2030, outlining how the government hopes to deliver on its one of its key manifesto "missions" to deliver zero-carbon electricity for...more
On December 4, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations providing further guidance in determining whether property is energy property and eligible for the Investment...more
Join Kelley Drye’s environmental and energy experts for an in-depth session, "The 2024 Elections and the Future of U.S. Environmental and Energy Policy." This webinar will cover the anticipated policy shifts in environmental...more
In this Issue: Permitting Reform, the Supreme Court, EV’s, and Climate Week 2024 - After nearly a decade as New York State’s environmental chief, I recently joined Foley Hoag to help the firm’s clients emerge as global...more
On July 4, 2024, the UK general election took place, and the Labour Party won with a significant majority. After 14 years of Conservative Party rule, a number of changes are now expected in respect of the UK's position on...more
On July 22, 2024, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released a long-awaited energy permitting reform bill, which aims to accelerate the permitting process for critical energy, mineral, and related...more
The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the reform of the Federal Emission Control Act (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz – “BImSchG“) with the Acceleration Pact for Renewable Energies and Electrolyzers on June 6, 2024,...more
The Massachusetts Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting published its report making recommendations to Governor Maura Healey on clean energy infrastructure siting and permitting reform. Governor Healey...more
Following the release of Vietnam’s eighth national power development plan (“PDP8”) in mid-2023, the Prime Minister has now approved the implementation plan to PDP8 under Decision No. 262/QD-TTg (“Decision 262”). As the name...more
Recent legislative, procurement and governmental updates, including BC Hydro’s upcoming Call for Power and updates to the BC Clean Energy Act will create increased opportunities for renewable energy development in the...more
The topic of renewable energy in Alberta again recently made major headlines across the province and country. As we outlined in our earlier blogs Pause on Renewable Project Approvals Part 1 and Pause on Renewable Project...more
California recently enacted two laws—the Offshore Wind Expediting Act (SB 286) and the California Offshore Wind Advancement Act (AB 3)—to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy that could have significant...more
On November 16, 2023, FERC granted Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia’s (“Dominion”) petition requesting the Commission declare that Dominion’s planned liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) production,...more
This post is the second in our ongoing series following the NYISO’s compliance with FERC Order No. 2023. In today’s post, we cover the NYISO’s November 3, 2023 partial compliance filing made with FERC, as well as provide an...more
The transformation of the global energy sector from carbon-based fuels to zero-carbon resources will take generations to evolve. It is a dynamic process that requires producers and consumers to develop long term strategies...more
On September 11, 2023, the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) formally launched an inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly, and efficient development of electricity generation in the province (“Inquiry”)....more
Mediante Resolución 101020 de 2023 publicada el 10 de agosto de 2023 la Comisión de Regulación de Energía Eléctrica y Gas (CREG) de Colombia efectuó importantes modificaciones a la Resolución CREG 075 de 2021 por medio de la...more
On July 28, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 2023 (Order No. 2023 or Final Rule), which updates the procedures for interconnecting large generating facilities (20MW and above)...more
On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills intended to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across the State aimed at achieving monumental climate and clean energy goals while...more