Josh Kaplowitz

Jan 23, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Morgan M. Gerard |Josh Kaplowitz

Among President Donald Trump’s directives issued on his first day in office was a Presidential Memorandum targeting wind energy, which has been a significant source of new electricity generation in the United States over the past decade, totaling around 10% of utility-scale generation.

Jul 16, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Josh Kaplowitz

Read the full S&P Global Commodity Insights article or view the article below. Executive SummaryThe new Renewable Energy Modernization Rule (or “Mod Rule”) is the first major change to US offshore wind regulations since they were first promulgated in April 2009. There was essentially no US offshore wind industry in 2009, and the original regulations were largely modeled after longstanding offshore oil and gas regulations.

Jul 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Josh Kaplowitz |Gerald Pels

The one-two punch of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (“Loper Bright”) and Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Corner Post”) this past week spun administrative law around and could put a wide range of current and anticipated federal regulations—particularly in the environmental arena—on the ropes.

May 14, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cowan |Josh Kaplowitz |Tyler Self

Introduction On May 1, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published its Final Rule implementing revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)—better known as Phase 2 (the “Final Rule”).[1] This rule, which takes effect on July 1, 2024, partially rolls back changes to the NEPA regulations made in 2020 by the Trump Administration[2], and implements statutory amendments enacted as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (“FRA”) (last year’s deal to raise...

May 26, 2023 | energycentral.com | Josh Kaplowitz

IN THE NICK OF TIME: US OFFSHORE WIND IS POISED FOR ENORMOUS GROWTH May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 5:55 pm GMT1 view The East Coast has been described as the Saudi Arabia of wind energy. Powerful, consistent winds of the coastline make it an abundant clean energy solution, capable of supplying vast amounts of affordable, reliable power. However, US offshore wind development has woefully lagged behind other countries.