ARTICLE · 02 DECEMBER 2019

Energy 2020: USA - Eighth Edition

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Energy partner Robert A. James and Environmental counsel Stella Pulman co-authored this article, in which they provide an overview of the current United States energy marketplace.

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Energy partner Robert A. James and Environmental counsel Stella Pulman co-authored this article, in which they provide an overview of the current United States energy marketplace.

Rob and Stella discuss the progress as well as the clashes on policies and projects in a wide variety of arenas:

Incentives and challenges for renewables, including US offshore wind and expanded power storage;
Divergent views on natural gas and battles over new oil and gas pipelines;
The vehicle efficiency duel between California and the federal government;
Endangered Species Act, environmental regulatory and climate change litigation developments; and
Wildfire liability, cybersecurity and blockchain issues for electric utilities and the national grid.

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