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Recently, three New York Times articles were published (the week of February 27th) which focused on several environmental issues in connection with the development of Marcellus Shale (most notably in Pennsylvania).

Governor Abbott's recent directive has introduced significant delays and new verification requirements for large data center projects in Texas, creating unprecedented political and regulatory uncertainty. The directive pauses approvals for facilities over 75 megawatts while ERCOT conducts eligibility verification, potentially delaying projects by several months and signaling a dramatic shift in how Texas approaches data center development and grid reliability.

PJM Interconnection faces unprecedented challenges as surging data center demand threatens to outpace new generation capacity, creating a reliability gap that could spike consumer costs across 13 states and the District of Columbia. The regional transmission organization and its stakeholders are racing against the clock to implement a Reliability Backstop Procurement and Connect and Manage framework before the critical December 2026 capacity auction. With the White House, bipartisan governors, and FERC all

Public utilities rely on access to private and public land to build and maintain essential infrastructure.

The Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) was recently launched with the goal of getting transmission planned and built to areas with developable renewable energy resources. RETI is structured as a collaborative stakeholder process, bringing together interested parties and agencies to identify transmission projects needed to accommodate California’s renewable energy goals.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") on March 28, 2013, issued its final order exempting certain regional transmission organizations and independent system operators ("RTO/ISOs").

In orders issued February 16, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rescinded, effective upon publication in the Federal Register, its Market Behavior Rule 2, which prohibits market manipulation in the electricity markets. Instead, manipulative conduct will be governed by FERC’s new anti-fraud rules, which were adopted in January 2006 pursuant to authority granted to FERC by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) considers "clean hydrogen" (as defined in the Legal framework overview below) an important part of the Biden administration's goal to achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035...

A few of the major economic benefits of tribal electric utility ownership and operation include the following.

On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of Energy ("Secretary") invoked a rarely utilized provision of the Department of Energy Organization Act ("DOE Act")...

The new Revel Entertainment Casino and Hotel, scheduled to open next year in Atlantic City, N.J., will be partly powered by a cogeneration facility developed by ACR Energy Partners LLC.

This is the third post in our four-part “BAAJA Blast” series covering the proposed Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, released on September 30, 2026. Check out our earlier posts on the bill’s provisions on transmission and offshore wind.

The bills still must pass the state's Assembly, and similar ones from that chamber must be reconciled with Senate versions.

Yesterday, on the last day of its two-year session, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 32, the "California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006." Passage by the Legislature followed an "historic agreement" between the legislative leadership and Governor Schwarzenegger.

By a two-to-one majority, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted on September 19, 2019, to propose revisions to its regulations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978

On March 19, 2021, a divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the "Commission") reverted to its long-standing "send out" analysis for determining the "power production capacity"...

On May 26, 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rulemaking (RFS NOPR) that would amend and significantly expand the regulations governing the use of renewable fuels in the transportation sector.