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EPA Draft Guidance Memorandum on the Application of County of Maui

December 9, 2020 Energy Legal Blog^®

On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft guidance memorandum (“Draft Guidance”) to provide guidance to the regulated community and permitting authorities, including the EPA, on applying the recent decision of the United States Supreme...

FERC Offers Limited Clarifications on its PURPA Reform Order

December 2, 2020 Energy Legal Blog^®

By a November 19, 2020 Order on Rehearing, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) clarified a discrete set of issues arising from its landmark July 2020 order (“Final Rule”) modifying the Commission’s regulations implementing the Public Utility Regulatory...

LIBOR LATEST - A Temporary Reprieve for USD LIBOR?

December 1, 2020 Energy Legal Blog^®

Often referred to as “the world’s most important number”, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is used as the reference interest rate for a range of commercial and financial contracts worth hundreds of trillions of dollars globally. As market commentators...

FERC Proposes New Treatment of Fuel Cells Under PURPA

November 24, 2020 Energy Legal Blog^®

Comments for FERC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Fuel Cell Energy Output (“NOPR”) are due tomorrow, November 25, 2020.[1] In the NOPR, FERC proposes to modify its regulations for qualifying facility (“QF”) status under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act...

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Factual Update on TPC Group Port Neches Facility

October 29, 2020 Energy Legal Blog^®

Today, the CSB issued an interim factual update on its investigation of the November 27, 2019 explosion at TPC Group's Port Neches facility in Texas. The November 2019 explosion resulted in millions of dollars of estimated loss, shut down the...

10th Circuit expands PSM coverage