Dan Feldman

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | Dan Feldman |Frederick Lazell |Axel Schilder

Talks (Koalitionsverhandlungen) between the centre-right CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD to form a new German government concluded in a coalition agreement reached on April 9, 2025. In our previous coverage of the German federal elections (Part I can be found here and Part II can be found here), we discussed how energy and climate policy in general, and certain energy sources in particular, may be affected by a shift of power in Germany. Below are the coalition agreement’s outcomes in that regard.

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Peter Hood

On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.1 The EO builds on previous energy-focused actions taken by the Administration, and includes aggressive timelines in which federal agencies are to take significant measures to fast-track permitting, leasing, and financing of domestic mining projects.

Jan 27, 2025 | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Nikesh Jindal

Executive SummaryOn January 20, 2025, President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring robust and market-based energy production (mostly relying on fossil fuels), while seeking to streamline project permitting and reduce environmental review delays that frequently impede project development efforts.

Jan 14, 2025 | jdsupra.com | James Bowe |Dan Feldman |Nikesh Jindal

On January 3, 2025, the IRS and Treasury issued long-awaited final regulations (the “45V Final Regulations”) implementing the clean hydrogen production tax credit (the “45V Credit”) under Section 45V of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The 45V Final Regulations follow proposed regulations issued on December 22, 2023, on which more than 30,000 comments were submitted during a comment period that closed on February 26, 2024.

Jan 14, 2025 | mondaq.com | Jill A. McWhirter |Dan Feldman |Nikesh Jindal

KEY TAKEAWAYSThe States of Texas and Utah, together with private developerLast Energy, have sued to exempt certain SMRs from federallicensing requirements. This lawsuit could impact the U.S. energy industry, which isincreasingly turning towards SMRs as a solution for providingclean, base-load (i.e. 24-hour) energy as demand for electricityincreases as a result, in part, to new data center and AIrequirements.