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Ontario Releases Energy for Generations, the Province’s Inaugural Integrated Energy Plan

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 6/18/2025

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

Natural Gas and Coal-Fired Plants To Halt Retirement Under Trump Executive Order

Perkins Coie on 6/10/2025

Key Takeaways - - Pursuant to President Trump’s executive order seeking to maximize the secretary of energy’s emergency authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, the secretary’s two new orders have halted the...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for December 2023

White & Case LLP on 12/15/2023

Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's open meeting to be held on December 19, 2023, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on December 12, 2023. In this issue…...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for July 2023

White & Case LLP on 7/25/2023

Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's open meeting to be held on July 27, 2023, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on July 20, 2023....more

Texas Passes SB 2627 and HB 1500 to Strengthen the Electric Grid and Energy Market

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/7/2023

At the conclusion of a hotly contested Texas 88th Regular Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature has passed, and Governor Abbott has signed into law, two major pieces of legislation that could have substantial impacts on...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for March 2023

White & Case LLP on 3/15/2023

Electric E-1 – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (Docket No. RD23-3-000). On December 6, 2022, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted a Petition for Approval of Proposed Reliability...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for November 2022

White & Case LLP on 11/16/2022

Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's November 17, 2022 open meeting, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on November 10, 2022. Electric - E-1 – Registration of...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for October 2022

White & Case LLP on 10/19/2022

Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's October 20, 2022 open meeting, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on October 13, 2022. In this issue… E-1 – New York Independent...more

State of Play: Hydrogen in 2020

White & Case LLP on 12/10/2020

As hype builds around the transformative role hydrogen could play in the clean energy transition, we examine the unique opportunities open to market players in Asia-Pacific. This is the second in a series of three articles on...more

The Emerging Hydrogen Economy

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/18/2019

The worldwide demand for energy continues to grow at a substantial rate. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2050, global energy demand will be between 30 to 40 percent higher than today, even on the assumption that the...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for November 2019

White & Case LLP on 11/21/2019

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s November 21, 2019 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on November 14, 2019. Agenda items E-21 and G-4 have not been summarized...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for October 17, 2019

White & Case LLP on 10/16/2019

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's October 17, 2019 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on October 10, 2019. Agenda items E-5, E-15, and E-23 have not been...more

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - September 2019 #2

Allen Matkins on 9/20/2019

Focus - California lawmakers move to reinstate and revamp local affordable housing program - Los Angeles Times – September 11 - California lawmakers have approved a bid to renew a program that pumped hundreds of millions...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for September 19, 2019

White & Case LLP on 9/19/2019

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's September 19, 2019 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on September 13, 2019. Agenda items E-12, E-19, and E-24 have not been...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for July 2019

White & Case LLP on 7/18/2019

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's July 18, 2019 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on July 11, 2019. Agenda items E-12, E-17, and E-18 have not been summarized...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2019 #4

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/1/2019

Romney Helps GOP Look for New Path on Climate Change - "But a group of Republicans -- Romney and Sens. Lamar Alexander and Lindsey Graham, who worked with Democrats in 2009 and 2010 to cap carbon emissions, as well as others...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2019 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/16/2019

West Virginia Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in EQT Doddridge County Trespassing Case - "The state Supreme Court will decide if a lower court judge got it right when he ruled natural gas production company EQT trespassed...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - November 2018

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/2/2018

New York Sues Exxon Mobil, Saying It Deceived Shareholders on Climate Change - "The litigation, which follows more than three years of investigation, represents the most significant legal effort yet to establish that a...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2018 #5

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/31/2018

Gas Drilling Not Damaging Forests' Waterways, State Finds - "Pennsylvania's state forests agency says it isn't finding damage to waterways amid the expansion of natural gas drilling in recent years, although it is reporting...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/22/2018

LyondellBasell Looking to Control Braskem; Could Help WV Cracker - "A deal could breathe life into the ethane cracker Braskem proposed for a site near Parkersburg, W.Va., roughly five years ago." Why this is important:...more

"FERC Could See Substantial Changes Under President Trump"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/2/2017

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

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