Podcast - Hot Topics in Nuclear Waste
Hogan Lovells' Mary Anne Sullivan on the floor of Hogan Lovells Global Energy Summit
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
Talks (Koalitionsverhandlungen) between the centre-right CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD to form a new German government concluded in a coalition agreement reached on April 9, 2025. In our previous coverage of the German...more
Canada is committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To do this will almost certainly require a substantial degree of electrification – namely an increased use of clean, non-carbon emitting forms of electricity....more
The NRC recently issued Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2025-02, which asks reactor licensees to voluntarily provide information about their plans for power-uprate licensing submittals. The NRC will use this information to set...more
In the face of ever-increasing electricity supply demands across the country, the future is looking very bright for the nuclear energy industry. We review below recent policy and market developments that can inform what lies...more
A recent decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) calls into question data centers’ access to sufficient electricity supplies to support their substantial and increasing electric demands....more
Many advanced reactor developers are designing their technologies to pair with renewables. A recent report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the government entity responsible for overseeing...more
On September 29, 2017, the Secretary of Energy submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a notice of proposed rulemaking to support electric grid resiliency. The notice states that changes to wholesale market...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is a somewhat obscure and highly technical agency that was not discussed specifically during President Donald Trump’s campaign. Its regulatory footprint is, however,...more