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Why Businesses and the Government Are Turning to Nuclear Reactors for Our Increasing Energy Demands

November 26, 2024 admin Business, Commentary, data centers, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power, Power Demand

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:45:29 +0000

The energy landscape in the U.S. is undergoing a seismic shift, owing in part to the exponential growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and data centers, according to McKinsey […]

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The Other Side of Safety—Litigation and the Expert Witness

October 10, 2024 admin full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, lineworker, Management, news, power, Safety, T&D, workforce

Credit to Author: Max Fuentes| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:56:33 +0000

What happens when you suffer a catastrophic injury at work and can’t continue in your career? Workers compensation begins. Those payments last until you reach the maximum medical improvement point. […]

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The Chevron Deference Is Dead. What Does It Mean for the Power Sector?

July 3, 2024 admin administrative law, Business, chevron deference, courts, Energy Regulation, environmental policy, EPA, ferc, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, legal implications, Legislative, news, power, power plants, Renewables, Supreme Court, sustainability, transition, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:26:55 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 overturned the Chevron doctrine—a forty-year-old precedent—significantly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret ambiguous statutory provisions, even in areas of agency expertise. […]

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Perfect Storm for the Grid: Convergence of Energy Growth and Policy

May 1, 2024 admin berger singerman, Electric vehicles, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, Policy, power, Power Demand, power grid, Renewables, Smart Grid, T&D, transmission

Credit to Author: Brooke Humphrey| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 10:02:46 +0000

There are numerous articles and studies warning of the fragile nature of America’s electric grid. The vulnerabilities will only become more apparent as we continue to undergo a fundamental shift in how

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EPA Unleashes Four-Pronged Assault on Fossil Fuel Power Pollution

April 25, 2024 admin Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, coal power, effluent limitations, elg, EPA, fossil fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, ghg, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, MATS, mercury, news, power, regulations, Technology, Wastewater

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:28:19 +0000

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 25 simultaneously finalized four major environmental rules covering greenhouse gases (GHG), air toxics, wastewater discharges, and coal combustion […]

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Navigating Change: Impact of California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation on Businesses

April 16, 2024 admin California, california advanced clean fleets, Commentary, Electric vehicles, Environmental, fleet vehicles, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, merchants fleet, Regulation, Technology, zero emission vehicles

Credit to Author: Lisa Drake| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:52:30 +0000

The California Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation, which began being implemented on Jan. 1, 2024, is designed to complement the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which mandates a significant increase […]

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Get Ready For California’s Three Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Laws

March 12, 2024 admin California, Climate, Coal, Commentary, emissions, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, power, thermal

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:05:27 +0000

Can a requirement to simply disclose information truly be a big deal? Can a requirement that only applies to big companies, or companies that do business in California, actually impact […]

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FERC’s Queue Reform an Improvement, but Devil is in the Details

August 15, 2023 admin Commentary, ferc, husch and blackwell, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, permitting

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:29:19 +0000

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 28 issued a landmark order that reforms the generator interconnection process. The order is in response to a clear need for nationwide […]

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Beware Unbridled Enthusiasm—Recent FERC Settlements Hold Lessons for Aggregators

July 20, 2023 admin aggregator, Commentary, enforcement, ferc, leapfrog power, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, ohmconnect

Credit to Author: Maxwell Multer| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:07:10 +0000

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In more than one RTO market, aggregators may find themselves in the position of making capacity offers for future delivery periods based on projections of how much aggregated capability they […]

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The Tales of Battery Energy Storage System Permitting Process

December 5, 2022 admin battery energy storage system, bess, Business, Energy Storage, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, li-ion batteries, news, permitting, power, Safety

Credit to Author: Janique Williams| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:07:00 +0000

According to Elon Musk, solar and batteries go together like peanut butter and jelly. The sustainability of renewable energy relies on the deployment of energy storage systems for the storage of energy harnessed by renewable sources. The reduction in the cost to manufacture battery energy storage systems (BESSs) has catapulted the use of these types […]

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