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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — March 2025

Federal Energy Policy Update: A Tumultuous Start to 2025 - The saying “March comes in like a lion” refers to the weather. However, in the political sphere, the Trump administration has ushered in a turbulent start to the...more

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FERC Reinstates Authorization for Transco Pipeline Expansion Project

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On January 24, 2025, FERC reinstated a certificate of public convenience and necessity (“CPCN”) for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s (“Transco”) Regional Energy Access Expansion Project (“Project”) after the D.C....more

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Transco’s REAE Project: FERC Reinstates Certificate, Ensuring Continued Operation

On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order on remand (the Order) reinstating a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line...more

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FERC Formally Axes its Draft Policy Statement on Greenhouse Gas Emission Considerations for Natural Gas Act Projects

On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order Terminating Proceeding in Docket No. PL21-3, Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Early Assessment of the Effect of President Trump’s New Executive Orders on FERC Infrastructure Projects

On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities for the domestic energy industry and setting forth policy preferences that...more

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D.C. Circuit Court Again Addresses NEPA’s Scope

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On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana v. FERC, rejected a National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act (NGA) challenge to FERC’s...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 9

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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D.C. Circuit Denies Food & Water Watch’s Challenges to FERC’s GHG Review in NGA Certificate Proceeding

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On June 14, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied Food & Water Watch’s environmental challenges to the FERC’s order granting a certificate of public convenience...more

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Currents Energy Industry Insights: V 8, Issue 2, February 2024

Welcome to the second 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. Business today is characterized by relentless change. To assist our clients in navigating this dynamic landscape, we pride...more

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Further Evidence of the Re-Solidification of FERC’s Driftwood Compromise

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or “Commission”) October 18, 2023 Open Meeting (the “October Open Meeting”) and October 27, 2023 issuance of rehearing of remand orders for the Texas LNG Brownsville LLC and...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 10, October 2023

Chevron Doctrine - The Chevron Doctrine -- what is often referred to as “Chevron deference” – is based on the precedent set by the Supreme Court about four decades ago, which some argue has overly empowered the...more

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The Re-Solidification of FERC’s Driftwood Compromise

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At the Open Meeting held on September 21, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) approved four of the six Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) certificate orders for interstate natural gas pipelines and...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 8, August 2023

What is the Hydrogen Hubbub? Hydrogen is seen by many as the fuel of the future, a substance that can provide heat through combustion, or electrical power from fuel cells, emitting only water in the process. Its potential...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

NYISO’s Grid Reliability Need Finding: A Harbinger of Opportunity to Come in New York

On July 14, 2023, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) identified a grid reliability need in New York City of 446 megawatts (MW) beginning in the summer of 2025. If the City experiences a 98-degree heatwave that...more

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House Republicans Press FERC on Environmental Review Issues

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On March 3, 2023, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate Change, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Acting FERC Chairman Willie...more

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FERC Addresses Social Cost of Carbon and Environmental Justice Analysis on Remand

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On remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”), FERC reaffirmed that Rio Grande LNG, LLC’s proposed liquified natural gas (“LNG”) terminal project (“Rio Grande LNG...more

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FERC's Climate Review in Flux

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The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") approach to the way it assesses climate impacts in natural gas pipeline and LNG facility proceedings looks to remain uncertain in 2023. FERC's climate review...more

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FERC's Proposed "Duty of Candor" Draws Significant Opposition

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (180 FERC ¶ 61,052 (2022))(Proposed Rule) on July 28, 2022, that would impose a sweeping "duty of candor" across all energy industries...more

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Senator Manchin Proposes to Streamline Energy Infrastructure Permitting and Give FERC Jurisdiction Over Hydrogen

Following weeks of anticipation, US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the text of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, his permitting reform legislation, on September 21, 2022. As part of an agreement to win...more

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Renewable Energy Update - September 2022

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U.S. homeowners add rooftop solar at record pace to cut power bills Bullet The Orange County Register – August 29 U.S. households will install a record amount of solar this year to help slash electricity bills, according to a...more

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Hydrogen: Near Term Challenges & Long Term Opportunities

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Congress and the Biden Administration recognize hydrogen’s potential to address the clean energy imperative. This past year, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriated $8B of spending to build out clean hydrogen...more

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FERC Changes Policy Statements on Pipeline Certification and GHG Emissions to Draft Policy Statements, Seeks Comment on Draft...

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On March 24, 2022, FERC changed course and designated the two policy statements it issued last month regarding the certification of interstate natural gas pipelines (“Updated Policy Statement”) and consideration of greenhouse...more

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FERC Adopts a New Policy for Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Impacts in Environmental Analyses of Applications for Natural Gas...

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As we previously reported, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in February issued two new policy statements likely to have far-reaching implications for the agency’s approval of certificates of public convenience...more

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Update: FERC Commissioners Vote Unanimously to Revise Pipeline Certificate and GHG Emission Policy Statements

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reached consensus to revise the two policy statements it issued on February 18, 2022, impacting the permitting and construction of new natural gas pipeline facilities...more

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As Russia And China Grow Closer In Energy, America Unilaterally Disarms

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Two new developments of enormous significance passed under the radar last week, buried by the growing threat of an outright Russia/Ukraine war and governmental encroachment on democracy in Canada. These developments, however,...more

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