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Data Center Regulation Tracker

Steptoe's Data Center Team is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Center Regulation Tracker. Steptoe's Data Center Regulation Tracker monitors state regulatory and legislative...

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

On October 23, 2025, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop rules...

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

DOE Proposes New Federal Standards For Interconnecting Large Loads To The Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a major step toward addressing a pressing challenge in the energy and technology landscape...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

In its opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission the California Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District's application of the highly deferential Greyhound standard of review ...

United States Energy

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Fennemore

In A Move Affecting The Future Of Data Centers, DOE Directs FERC To Act On Large Load Interconnections

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Consider Groundbreaking Rules Related To Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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Mintz

State Lawmakers Propose Bill To Incentivize Nuclear Energy In Wisconsin, With Potential Side Effects For Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Michael Best

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

United States Energy

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Rich May

NiSource Wins Groundbreaking Regulatory Approval For Energy Generation Strategy

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

California Extends Carbon Market Through 2045 With Modest Changes; Provides Market Stability And Reaffirms The State's Climate Commitments

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

New Requirements For Wind, Solar, And Storage Facility Leases In Texas

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Key Considerations For Identifying Project Right-of-Way Needs

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

DC Circuit Re-Affirms Its "Broad View" Of A Small Power Production Facility's "Power Production Capacity" After Loper Bright Remand

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Massachusetts Energy Storage Procurement Underway

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

U.S. Immigration Updates – October 2025

Worldwide Immigration

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Klasko

Greenwashing Legislation Trends: Key Takeaways For Businesses

Worldwide Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Resolving Construction Conflicts Efficiently: A Guided Mediation Approach

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Privacy Violations Result In $1.35 Million Fine!

United States Privacy

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

NERC Proposes Which Reliability Standards Will Initially Be Applicable To Non-BES IBRs Equal Or Greater Than 20 MVA Connected To 60 KV Or Higher Transmission Facilities

In the June 27, 2024 Order, FERC noted that "NERC has made clear that its proposed revisions do not address IBRs connected to the local distribution system and do not address IBR-DERs."

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

For decades, water utilities have been silent service providers - ensuring safe, reliable and essential access to water with little public visibility and engagement.

United States Energy

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Arcadis

Kansas Enacts Data Center Incentive Program

Kansas has established a significant new economic development initiative through the Data Center Incentive Program — outlined in Senate Bill 98 (SB-98) — which was signed into law by Gov.

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Megawatt Minute Alert: Developments On How Duke Energy Integrates Data Centers And Other New Large Load Customers In North Carolina

On July 24, 2025, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DEC) and Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP) (together, Duke) filed its response to the June 6 request by the North Carolina Utilities...

United States Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Powering Data Centers: The State Of The States

United States Energy

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Alvarez & Marsal

Michigan Public Service Commission Continues Method Of Setting Utility Revenues Based On Projected Future Costs

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

Texas Senate Bill 6: Understanding The Impacts To Large Loads And Co-located Generation

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Siting Energy And Transmission Line Projects In Arizona

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

Senate Bill 6 Positions Texas To Better Manage Large Electrical Loads And Strengthen Grid Reliability

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Important Texas Regulatory Updates For Data Centers

United States Energy

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Mayer Brown

Evaluating The Opportunity For Exploration And Production Companies Around Onsite Power Generation For Data Centers And Electrification

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For June 2025

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

Good For The Grid (And For Customers): Demand Response Communications Are "Closely Related" To Utility Service Under The TCPA

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The AI Thirst Trap

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

Evaluating The Opportunity For Exploration And Production Companies Around Onsite Power Generation For Data Centers And Electrification

The American electricity industry is undergoing a profound transformation, with major shifts in both supply and demand trends. In this rapidly evolving environment, exploration and production (E&P)...

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For June 2025

The summaries below are based on publicly available information in the dockets listed on the FERC agenda at the time of publication.

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

Good For The Grid (And For Customers): Demand Response Communications Are "Closely Related" To Utility Service Under The TCPA

Increasing demand for power is a challenge facing utilities, customers, and regulators. One tool used by utilities to manage demand is "demand response" communications informing customers...

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The AI Thirst Trap

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the water industry.

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

House Bill 3809 Adds Obligations To Battery Energy Storage Lessees In Texas

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Maine Energy Storage Procurement Inches Closer, Comments Requested From Energy Storage Developers By June 9, 2025

Late last week, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) opened an inquiry and issued a request for comment from energy storage developers by June 9...

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Another Day, Another Important PFAS Update: EPA Explains Its Stance On National Drinking Water Standards

On May 14, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced important details about how it will approach the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations...

United States Energy

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Arnold & Porter

DOE Announces New Wave Of Energy Efficiency Rollbacks – Over A Dozen Product Types Could Be Impacted

Following the Trump administration's previously announced commitment to "slash unnecessary red tape and regulations," the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a new suite of deregulatory actions that, if successful...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Rhode Island Issues RFP For 1.2 GW Of Offshore Wind, First Since CT-RI-MA MOU For Joint Procurements

Rhode Island Energy recently issued an Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 1.2 GW of offshore wind. The RFP solicits bids to enter into long-term power purchase agreements for energy...

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Alternative Power Plays: How Topology Optimization Improves The Grid (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Ohio House Bill 15 Changes Ohio's Energy Landscape

United States Energy

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Executive Orders Target Regulatory Reduction: Effects On FERC-Regulated Energy Sector

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

FERC Chairman Chides PJM Over Preemption Dispute On Regional Transmission Project

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For March 2025

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

Not Just Another Drop In The Ocean: Thames Water And Developments In Restructuring Plans Since Adler

Worldwide Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

Indiana Sets The Stage For Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)

United States Energy

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Executive Order Strengthens The Reliability And Security Of The U.S. Electric Grid

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Energy And Utility Insights

United States Energy

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BakerHostetler

Trump Executive Order On Grid Reliability Seeks To Expand Federal Role Over Resource Adequacy

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Will AI Enhance Human Expertise In Water, Or Replace It?

United States Technology

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Arcadis

EPA Still Weighing How To Address PFAS

United States Energy

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Jones Day

CPUC Adopts New Rules Governing Safety Of Battery Energy Storage Systems

United States Energy

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Alternative Power Plays: The U.S. Power Grid Is Struggling – What Needs To Change Now

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure M&A Activity — February 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

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