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Renewable Energy Update – June 2018 #3
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein & Robin Renée Louise | Allen MatkinsSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By Ryan Baron | Best Best & Krieger LLP
With California’s cap and trade program suffering from legal challenges, decreasing auction revenue and general criticism of the program’s effectiveness
Stop The Presses: Nuclear Power Still Does Not Emit Greenhouse Gases
By Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law
On Monday, the TVA announced that Watts Bar Unit 2 had successfully completed what is known as its final power ascension test.
Environmental Groups File Suit Seeking Revision Of E&P Waste Regulations
By Ali Abazari | Jackson Walker
On May 4, 2016, the Environmental Integrity Project, National Resources Defense Council, Earthworks; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; and three other environmental groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Focus On Government: Canadian Federal Election 2015
By Danylo Korbabicz | Dentons
With polls now closed and the longest federal campaign in recent Canadian political history officially over, a Liberal government is the new reality for Canada.
Renewable Energy Update – July 2015 #4
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein, Emily L. Murray, Patrick A. Perry | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
SunPower Corp., the second-biggest U.S. solar manufacturer, bought 1.5 gigawatts of projects under development in 11 U.S. states from the Australian developer Infigen Energy.
Mexico’s Energy Industry
By Eduardo Canales, Steven Otillar | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On February 27, 2015, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) published in the Federal Gazzette (or Diario Oficial de la Nación, DOF) the Call for Bidders No. CNH-R01C02/2015, the Bidding Guidelines and the Model Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for five mature contract areas located in shallow waters off the Gulf of Mexico coastlines of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche.
According to a Bloomberg BNA report, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, one of the plaintiffs in National Association of Manufacturers, Inc. v. SEC, the conflict minerals case currently pending in the DC Circuit, claims that the litigation “is sparking new interest by Congress in the requirements.”
What Lenders and Investors In E&P Companies Need To Know As Oil Prices Drop
By J. Michael Chambers, Mitchell Seider | Latham & Watkins LLP
“In 2008, the United States produced on average approximately 5 million barrels of oil a day. By the end of 2014, that number had increased to more than 9 million barrels and the Energy Information Agency predicts production will continue to increase through 2015,” explains Latham & Watkins partner Michael Chambers. “However, during that same period worldwide demand increased by less than 1 million barrels a day, and in the US oil consumption has actually declined since 2008. The fact that US production has been growing faster than US consumption, and even world growth, together with the slowing of growth of some of the world’s major economies, has resulted in a class oversupply situation.”
Crude Oil Exports: A View from the 114th Congress
By June DeHart | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
The 114th Congress convened January 3 with energy at the top of its agenda. Both the House and the Senate kicked off the new session with approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. That was just the start. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the new Chairwoman of the Senate Energy Committee, has promised comprehensive energy legislation based on her Energy 2020 agenda.
