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Hogan Lovells' Mary Anne Sullivan on the floor of Hogan Lovells Global Energy Summit
On 11 June, the British Government delivered its Spending Review for 2025 (Spending Review). Nuclear power featured as one of the cornerstone spending areas, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves describing the £30 billion in nuclear...more
On June 3, 2025, Constellation and Meta announced a 20-year virtual power purchase agreement (the “PPA”) for the output from the nuclear reactor at Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center. This partnership exemplifies the...more
As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies gain widespread adoption among businesses and consumers across the world, the energy required to power the data centers behind them is increasing at an unprecedented pace. This...more
As the popularity and use of language learning models such as Chat-GPT and Co-Pilot and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) products rapidly expand and as data centers continue to search for building and electric capacity to...more
Welcome to our sixth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the...more
The Texas Legislature recently passed three key bills: House Bill 14 (H.B. 14); Senate Bill 1061 (S.B. 1061); and Senate Bill 1535 (S.B. 1535), which introduce a comprehensive legal framework to promote nuclear energy in...more
On June 12, 2025, Ontario released Energy for Generations, its inaugural integrated energy plan that aims to establish a coordinated energy (electricity and natural gas) strategy to ensure access to affordable, secure,...more
On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill) — by a vote of 215-214. The House-passed version of the bill, slated to be considered by the Senate...more
On May 26, 2025, after years of anticipation, Indonesia’s energy sector received a major boost : PLN secured the long-awaited approval from the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (Minister) for its new general plan for...more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more
The clean energy transition isn’t a zero-sum game – it’s a team effort. And one player is stepping back into the spotlight with renewed strength: nuclear energy. With the President’s signing of four new Executive Orders on...more
The rapid growth of electricity demand from data centers has emerged as a major challenge for the U.S. power sector. Much of this demand is being driven by the deployment of large learning models (LLMs) and generative...more
In a pivotal month for energy and fiscal policy, House Republicans advanced their sweeping reconciliation package, narrowly passing the bill on May 22 by a 215-214 vote. The legislation aims to make permanent the expiring tax...more
On May 12, 2025, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Energy Security Act (Act 41) into law. The significant, wide-ranging energy legislation is the result of bipartisan efforts to holistically address...more
Welcome to our fifth issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address North Carolina's insurers' duties, the increases and decreases in construction for renewable energies, construction and tariffs, and the...more
On May 26, 2025, Indonesia’s minister of energy and mineral resources (MEMR) held a press conference themed “Increasing Security and Sustainability of National Energy” to announce the launch of PLN’s 2025-2034 Electricity...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new version of H.R. 1, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would effectively repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) clean energy tax credits almost...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Bill 1, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). This budget reconciliation bill includes significant energy-related provisions that would...more
Welcome to our fifth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along an announcement and an event notice first. Again, thank you for reading! Tapping Into Common...more
On Monday, May 12, 2025, more than 80 stakeholders gathered for an energy innovation event hosted by Energy Storage Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Association and the Canadian Hydrogen Association. The...more
President Donald Trump on May 2, 2025, released his fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary budget request outlining his administration's high-level spending priorities for the coming year. Known informally as the "skinny...more
This is the eighth article in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled “Going Nuclear: A Sustainable Solution to Rising Energy Demand.” The series will explore the changing landscape...more
Innovative technologies are reshaping every industry, presenting new business cases and changing our daily lives. These technologies are hyper-connecting the world and offering new ways to interact. Particularly in the Space...more
As the clock struck midnight and confetti fell in Annapolis, the Maryland General Assembly closed a challenging 90-day session having passed 878 bills—all now awaiting Gov. Wes Moore’s review and signature. Lawmakers moved...more
Welcome to our fourth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! The Data Center Boom...more