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1 week ago | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to take steps to expand the use of its emergency authority under Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 202(c) to require the retention of generation resources deemed necessary to maintain resource adequacy within at risk-regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).1 The EO appears to envision a more active role for DOE in overseeing and...
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1 week ago | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
Trump Executive Order on Grid Reliability Seeks to Expand FederalRole Over Resource AdequacyDirects emergency action under section 202(c) of the FederalPower Act by streamlining and expediting the approval of ordersallowing electric generation resources to operate at maximumcapacity during times of anticipated grid failure.
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akingump.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
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2 weeks ago | 
akingump.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Christopher Treanor |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter |Jameson Calitri | +1 more
On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas for 18 months, from September 30, 2025, to March 31, 2027 (the Order).
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Scott Johnson
On January 30, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC or the Commission) approved a Stipulation and ConsentAgreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (OE) andStronghold Digital Mining Inc.
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2 months ago | 
akingump.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Scott Johnson
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Scott Daniel Johnson, Sharmila P. DasOn January 30, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (OE) and Stronghold Digital Mining Inc.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter
On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order on remand (the Order) reinstating a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's (Transco) for the pipeline company's Regional Energy Access Expansion Project (REAE Project).1 FERC's original January 2023 order granting a certificate to the REAE Project was remanded and vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter
On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC or the Commission) issued an Order Terminating Proceeding inDocket No. PL21-3, Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions inNatural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews (theOrder),1 which formally closed a docket it had initiatedin 2021 to reconsider and supplement the Commission's 1999policy statement on the certification of new interstate natural gastransportation facilities (the 1999 Certificate Policy Statement).
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mondaq.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter
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