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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

Financial Transactions Related to Russian Energy Now Prohibited: Expiration of OFAC ‎General License 8L

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/14/2025

On March 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allowed General License (GL) 8L under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations to expire. As a result, broad OFAC...more

Pennsylvania Superior Court Reaffirms the Dunham Rule

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 1/15/2025

Let’s assume you inherited a 150 acre farm in Lycoming County that has been owned by your family since 1909. In 2020, you are approached by ABC Drilling about a new oil and gas lease for the farm. You retain counsel and...more

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — January 2025

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 1/8/2025

As we step into the new year, the energy and sustainability landscape continues to shape up. Building on our December analysis, this month we highlight congressional leadership assignments, new legislative initiatives, and...more

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update

Allen Matkins on 9/11/2024

Elk Grove has settled a lawsuit with the state over a 67-unit supportive housing project the city denied, despite the fact that the city had recently approved a similar market-rate project. The lawsuit filed by Attorney...more

Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

DLA Piper on 8/30/2024

Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

Natural Gas Restrictions in the U.S.: Examining the State of Play, Policy Objectives, Legal Developments, and Antitrust...

Ankura on 4/9/2024

In recent years, local governments have imposed restrictions or outright bans on the use of natural gas in residential and some commercial buildings, mostly affecting new construction and grandfathering existing buildings....more

It's a Gas! Federal and State Developments Continue to Light Up the Natural Gas Debate

K&L Gates LLP on 2/27/2024

In April 2023, we reported on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision in California Restaurant Association (CRA) v. City of Berkeley striking down a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in...more

EU Regulations Restricting Imports of Renewable Natural Gas and Green Hydrogen Derivative Products

King & Spalding on 2/16/2024

The European Commission (EC) is in the process of implementing its “Union database” (UDB) to track all renewable gases and liquid fuels. Gases and fuels, whether produced in the EU or imported, will need to be registered in...more

California Takes Next Step to Formally Impose Stricter Limits on RNG Projects Under the LCFS With Eventual Phaseout

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/15/2024

The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) reviews the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (“LCFS”) program every five years as part of the broader scoping plan required under the California Global Warming Solutions Act. On...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

Recent FTC Merger Settlement Signals Increased Antitrust Agency Concerns about Coordination from Competitor Entanglements

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/22/2023

Key Takeaways - An FTC merger settlement in the $5.2 billion transaction between EQT and Quantum, two producers of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin, signals the antitrust agencies’ new approach to analyzing the potential...more

Another Mideast Casualty - Turkey/Israel Joint Gas Exploration

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/2/2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a strong, uncompromising pro-Hamas stance in the latter’s military conflict with Israel last week. In so doing, he torpedoed any potential in the near future for possible joint...more

FTC Acts to Remedy Interlocking Director and Information Exchange Concerns in Oil & Gas Transaction

Bracewell LLP on 8/25/2023

On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission took action to resolve its antitrust concerns associated with a proposed transaction between EQT Corporation (EQT) and private equity firm QEP Partners, LP (Quantum) pursuant...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

Overview of the Impact of the 88th Legislative Session on the Oil, Gas and Renewables Industries in Texas

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/15/2023

The 88th regular session of the Texas Legislature saw an unusually high number of proposed bills with a stated focus of ensuring reliability of the Texas grid and favoring “dispatchable generation” (having output within human...more

State AG Updates: New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and a 49-State Action

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/14/2023

Forty-Nine Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against Voice Service Provider for Illegal Robocalls - Forty-nine state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky and its vice president Stacey...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

The Year in Oil & Gas – 2022 Popular Reads on JD Supra

Beacon Insights by JD Supra on 1/2/2023

The motherlode – a look at some of the most widely read updates and insights about oil and gas, and related matters, as published on JD Supra throughout 2022....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

U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Curtailing Regulators May Raise ‘Major Questions’ for Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/14/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a forceful rebuke against what it found to be agency overreach. West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 20-1530 (June 30, 2022)....more

Do Municipal Gas Bans Slow the Clean Hydrogen Transition in Real Estate?

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 5/19/2022

Clean hydrogen has the potential to play a significant role in the energy transition by serving as a carbon-free form of energy storage and heat production. In real estate, hydrogen could provide heating, replace or...more

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