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Satellite Data Centers

Data centers … in space. How did the “final frontier” become a genuine consideration for siting and constructing next-generation data centers? ...more

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Judicial Challenge to Onshore and Offshore Wind Projects Moves Forward

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On June 18, 2025, the District Court of Massachusetts allowed a coalition of 17 states, the District of Columbia, and an environmental advocacy organization to proceed with a lawsuit against a Presidential Memorandum...more

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Trump Administration Derails Revolution Wind as Court Fight Over Federal Policy Wages On

On Friday, August 22, 2025, the Trump administration announced the cancellation of the Revolution Wind project located off the south coast of Rhode Island, east of Block Island. At the time of the stop work order, the...more

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The 2025 Legal Horizon for U.S. Offshore Wind

In its first nine months, the Trump administration has taken multiple actions impacting offshore wind development and generating substantial uncertainty as to the industry’s future in the United States. Those actions have...more

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Sunlight Under Scrutiny: Staying Eligible in USDA's New Era

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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) has issued a new policy directive that emphasizes portfolio stewardship and significantly alters eligibility criteria for...more

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DOI Memos Create Potential Roadblocks for Wind and Solar Projects

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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued two memos in July 2025 in furtherance of President Donald Trump’s policies to eliminate subsidies for wind and solar projects on federal lands. These directives will impact...more

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Trump Administration Halts $7 Billion Solar for All Grant Program; Adds Roadblocks to Development on Public Lands

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On August 7, the Trump Administration announced it is cancelling the Solar for All federal grant program, which originally committed $7 billion in awarded grants to support solar in low income and disadvantaged households....more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - July 2025

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

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Analysis of Renewable Energy Credit Amendments and Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

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There is a possibility of one or more additional reconciliation bills during late 2025 and 2026 and therefore further opportunities for enactment of additional provisions, as well as changes and improvements to the...more

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DOI Policy Changes Signal Major Shift Away From Wind Energy

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US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum recently announced four new policy measures that could significantly curtail wind energy development. These policy changes, issued in response to Secretarial Order No. 3437, Ending...more

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President Trump’s AI Action Plan and White House Control of Renewables — AI: The Washington Report

As the Trump administration rolls out its AI Action Plan, which we will separately cover in depth in the next few days, with goals to keep government oversight to a minimum and prioritize innovation, the initial EOs have made...more

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Trump’s Executive Order Throws Caution to the Wind (and Solar)

Enacted in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) expanded energy tax credits by increasing credit amounts, broadening eligibility beyond wind and solar, and allowing credits to be developed and sold, as...more

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Recent Developments from the OBBBA and EO 14315: Rush to Begin Construction and Pricing Uncertainty

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As we have discussed in recent articles and as has been well publicized, two recent actions out of Washington are significantly impacting the renewable energy industry. The recently enacted One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act...more

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New Department of Interior Review May Heighten Scrutiny and Lengthen Permitting Timelines for Some Wind and Solar Projects

On July 15, 2025, the Department of Interior (DOI) issued a memorandum titled, “Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities” (the...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill: Effect on Energy Credits

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBB”), which was signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, revokes or curtails the majority of energy credits and significantly curtails other credits. ...more

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Department of Energy Releases Resource Adequacy Report According to Trump EO Mandate

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Key Takeaways - - The Report favors dispatchable resources over intermittent ones to address resource adequacy concerns and advises against retiring fossil-fuel generating resources. - The Report introduces a methodology...more

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Renewable Energy Update 7.10.25

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to phase out federal subsidies for green energy like wind and solar farms, citing unsustainability for the grid and too much reliance on foreign adversaries. The order...more

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Impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Inflation Reduction Act Incentives

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Re. 14” (commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”)). On July 7, President Trump...more

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Trump Executive Order Introduces Further Uncertainty for Wind and Solar Projects

Days after signing into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which dramatically rolled back the availability of federal tax credits for solar and wind power projects, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO)...more

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Budget and New Executive Order Complicate Solar and Wind Generation Development

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — Congress’s budget reconciliation bill signed into law on July 4 — and a new Executive Order (EO) have clarified that solar and wind generation credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act...more

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Significant Cuts to IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Included in Enacted Reconciliation Bill

President Trump signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBB”) into law on July 4, 2025. Congress passed the legislation using the budget reconciliation process to avoid the 60-vote Senate filibuster. In addition to...more

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New Executive Order Targets Wind and Solar Tax Credits

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On July 7, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “strictly enforce” the...more

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Executive Order on PTC and ITC Beginning of Construction

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President Trump yesterday issued an executive order, “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources” (the “Executive Order”), which could have a major impact on wind and solar energy...more

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What’s the Future for Renewable Energy Tax Credits in Congress?

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) has a significant impact on the renewable energy sector, particularly with changes in the phase-out schedules for wind and solar projects under Section 45Y and 48E, as well as the nuances...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill: Tax Provisions Impacting the Energy and Climate Solutions Sector

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB) into law. Initially approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, as described in our prior alert here,...more

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