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Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Webinar

The KBH Energy Center hosts a virtual program that will explore the role that carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) will play in the energy transition by discussing topics within the CCUS umbrella, including economic drivers and Section 45Q tax...

Florida Water System Hack Highlights Challenges for Public Utility Cybersecurity

Earlier this month, fears usually confined to dystopian novels and Hollywood movies were realized in Oldsmar, Florida when an unknown hacker breached the city’s water treatment system by successfully accessing its control systems and increasing sodium hydroxide to deadly levels...

Power Struggles: Maximizing Insurance Recoveries from Winter Storms

Record-breaking winter weather in Texas has had devastating impacts across the state, and challenges still remain. Millions of homes and businesses were without power, water, internet and other services, leaving employees unable to work and businesses unable to operate. Access...

Regulators to Review Market Design and Reliability Following 2021 Polar Vortex

Energy Legal Blog®

Over Presidents’ Day weekend 2021, an unprecedented cold weather event hit the Midwest and South central United States. The storm led to major disruptions to infrastructure throughout the region, including icy road conditions, frozen pipes, and an estimated 3 million Texans...

COVID, Climate Change and ESG – The Future of Disclosures, SEC Enforcement, and Securities Litigation

There can be no doubt 2021 is already shaping up to be a watershed year, including on the SEC enforcement and securities litigation fronts. Pressure from all directions has been coalescing to drive change in the way companies report information...

Europe’s Pivotal Role in the Global LNG Market

LNG Industry

The European LNG landscape Europe’s role in the global LNG market Historically, Asia has been the world’s dominant buyer of LNG, particularly under long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPAs). In recent years, however, as the LNG sector has evolved...

Things Looking Up for Renewable Resources at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), President Joseph Biden selected Richard Glick, one of two Democratic commissioners on the five person commission, as Chairman. The Chair sets FERC’s agenda, so even without a tie-breaker vote or a...

ESG Diligence in Loan Markets

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are continuing to come under increased scrutiny in the loan markets. Topics such as climate change, composition of corporate boards and treatment of employees by corporations are at the forefront of individual and corporate...

Broad Federal Support for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage May Lead to Greater Investment

Federal support for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) demonstrated over the last two months has generated even greater enthusiasm for carbon capture projects in the United States. First, in the final weeks of the Trump administration, there were positive...

Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration

On January 27th, President Biden formalized multiple campaign pledges to bolster the role of Environmental Justice across the government. Those include creating a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council and a White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council to address “current...

Virus Mitigation Steps for Employers Amid OSHA Ramp-Up

Law360

Just over a week after President Joe Biden, by executive order, instructed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to publish revised guidance to employers on worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency complied on Jan. 29, with the issuance...

The Way Forward: A Legal and Commercial Primer on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration

Published originally in "The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law," Volume 16:1 2021, Page 43.

Recent amendments to section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 45Q), have created new opportunities for energy infrastructure stakeholders seeking to employ carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology in the United States.1 CCUS is...

FERC Directs RTOs and ISOs to File Reports on Hybrid Resources

Energy Legal Blog®

On January 19, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an order directing each Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) and Independent System...

HSR Notification Thresholds Decrease Slightly for 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced the annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”) thresholds, which will become effective on March 4, 2021. Pursuant to Section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act, the FTC is required to...

Signaling More Aggressive Enforcement Going Forward, OSHA Issues "Stronger" COVID-19 Guidance For Workplaces

Just eight days after President Biden ordered OSHA to publish “revised guidance to employers on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the agency complied this past Friday, January 29, with the release of a 12-page document which the Department of...

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Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Webinar

Florida Water System Hack Highlights Challenges for Public Utility Cybersecurity

Power Struggles: Maximizing Insurance Recoveries from Winter Storms

Regulators to Review Market Design and Reliability Following 2021 Polar Vortex

COVID, Climate Change and ESG – The Future of Disclosures, SEC Enforcement, and Securities Litigation

Europe’s Pivotal Role in the Global LNG Market

Things Looking Up for Renewable Resources at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

ESG Diligence in Loan Markets

Broad Federal Support for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage May Lead to Greater Investment

Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration

Virus Mitigation Steps for Employers Amid OSHA Ramp-Up

The Way Forward: A Legal and Commercial Primer on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration

FERC Directs RTOs and ISOs to File Reports on Hybrid Resources

HSR Notification Thresholds Decrease Slightly for 2021

Signaling More Aggressive Enforcement Going Forward, OSHA Issues "Stronger" COVID-19 Guidance For Workplaces

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