Project Catalyst an Economic Development Video Podcast | Episode 16: Powering Alabama’s Economic Progress with Leigh Davis of Alabama Power Company
Capacity Crunch Series Continued: Balancing Reliability, Unprecedented Load Growth & Affordability in the Energy Transition (Part 2) - Energy Law Insights
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Vital Importance of Pipeline and Transmission Infrastructure to Decarbonization - Energy Law Insights
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part Two: Public Utilities, Resource Planning & Deployment, and the IRA - Energy Law Insights
The Capacity Crunch, Part One: Reliability and Decarbonization in the Short Term - Energy Law Insights
6 Key Takeaways | Legislative Developments in Decommissioning Requirements in North Carolina
New Opportunities for Boosting Grid Security
Distributed Generation 2.0: What You Need to Know
May I Inquire? The Michael Silver pLAWdcast - Episode 2 - Melissa Seixas (Duke Energy)
Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy
Reuse to the Rescue: Talking Water Reuse with Pat Sinicropi, Executive Director, WateReuse Association - Reflections on Water Podcast
The Nexus of Transmission and Storage: A Conversation With American Transmission Company GC and Executive VP Bill Marsan - Battery + Storage Podcast
H2Oklahoma: Interview With Secretary Ken Wagner - Reflections on Water Podcast
How Battery Storage Is Reshaping the Energy Transition Ecosystem: An Interview With FlexGen CEO Kelcy Pegler - Troutman Pepper Battery + Storage Podcast
How the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Affects Texas
Rethinking Global Supply Chain Resiliency & Efficiency
Interview With Mike Niggli, Chairman of ESS, Inc. - Battery + Storage Podcast
The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (“Duke”) an Emergency Order (“EO”) to what is described as potential grid shortfall issues in the southeast United States. See Department of...more
Join us Friday, March 28 from 11:00 – 11:35 am EST for our annual Virginia Energy Legislative Update webinar. We will cover several important pieces of energy legislation that were passed during the fast-paced 2025 General...more
The Cost of "Electrification" “Electrification” has become a ubiquitous term these days, although depending on who you ask, it might have different meanings. However defined, a critical component of electrification as a...more
Hydrogen—the smallest molecule, but one that holds the potential to be an energy superhero and play a significant role in reducing carbon emissions and slowing climate change. The H2 Handbook provides a comprehensive...more
Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation projects continue to grow in Florida. Although Florida's net metering rule1 has fostered smaller customer-owned rooftop solar projects, the most dramatic growth has been in large scale2,...more
Cancelled Teck Oil Sands Project Underscores Global Climate-Energy Policy Tension - "The Frontier project became the latest casualty in oil-producing countries with robust environmental movements agitating to cut...more
Crisis in Middle East Should Remind Us of the Importance of Fracking - "Oil prices are likely to spike in the short-term aftermath of the attack on Saudi Arabia, but, as Clifford Krauss and Stanley Reed of The New York...more
Focus - California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers - Los Angeles Times – June 5 - California set two renewable energy records last week: the most solar power ever flowing on the state’s main...more
Recently, in a quiet moment between energy transactions, I pondered: When does a solar project become a solar project? It’s a philosophical question, perhaps. Thankfully (and not surprisingly), my colleagues in engineering...more
New Fortress Energy LNG Plant Demonstrates New York Insanity - "For those unfamiliar with the facility, the plant is a gigantic $800 million investment that will take in natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and liquefy it...more
On September 5, 2018, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Commission”) issued an order initiating a rulemaking proceeding (the “Order”) to determine whether, and the extent to which, any of the Regulations...more
We have seen an increase in energy companies filing for bankruptcy, and more may be on the horizon. This is a great time to review and discuss an interesting ruling in the FirstEnergy case regarding the intersection of...more
Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more
On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit) affirmed a district court’s finding that New York’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program is not preempted by federal law. The Second...more
México tendrá una nueva administración que durará seis años desde el primero de diciembre. La estrategia de energía delineada hasta el momento es fortalecer a la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), con la participación de...more
A new administration of the Mexican government is taking over for a six-year term on Dec. 1, 2018. The strategy, so far, is to reinforce the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) with the participation of private companies. ...more
Ramaphosa's Saudi deal a boost for renewables - President Cyril Ramaphosa's recently signed ZAR12 billion renewable energy investment deal with Saudi Arabia, was widely welcomed as a much-needed lift for the economy and...more
CPUC Commissioner’s Meeting - The next Commission meeting is scheduled for 4/26/18. Agenda Items of Interest: #2 Approval of request for modifications to electric Rule 21 tariff to incorporate smart inverter phase 3...more
New electricity generation: Eskom outlines transmission spending plans - Eskom plans to spend ZAR174.5 billion on its transmission and distribution network over the next 10 years, largely to improve reliability and...more
Renewable Energy Focus - U.S. solar installations rise despite drop in residential market - Reuter - Sep 11 - U.S. solar installations rose 8 percent in the second quarter as robust utility demand offset a sharp...more
On July 14, 2017, and several weeks after the Second Circuit rejected challenges to Connecticut’s renewable energy procurement process and renewable energy credit program (see Allco Fin. Ltd. v. Robert J. Klee (Docket Nos....more
City of Cape Town launches waste-to-energy plant - South Africa’s City of Cape Town is now generating its own electricity through a waste-to-energy plant. While launching the ZAR400 million (US$30 million) plant...more
On January 7, 2017, the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Mexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER), the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and the National Center for...more
In an opinion unanimous in judgment (albeit with two concurring opinions), the U.S. Supreme Court recently reiterated the reach of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) jurisdiction over interstate wholesale...more
In a unanimous opinion issued on April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a Maryland program designed to incentivize construction of a new natural gas plant. The Court concluded that the program infringed upon the...more