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US Treasury releases online tool for real estate investments
The US Treasury has released an online tool to help purchasers and lessees of real estate determine whether the deal is subject to review by CFIUS.
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April 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Coronavirus: Economic relief measures for companies The massive relief bill – the CARES Act – that cleared Congress on March 27 has several p
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February 2020
IN THIS ISSUE Cost of capital: 2020 Outlook A group of industry veterans talked in late January about what to expect in the year ahead for tax equity, bank
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December 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Mexican CEL ruling roils market More than 20 requests for injunctions have been filed by generators, industry associations and other interest
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October 2019
IN THIS ISSUE PURPA projects become more difficult to finance Independent cogeneration and small renewable energy projects known as “qualifying facilities”
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August 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Financing in an era of shorter PPAs What is the future for project finance when corporate PPAs and hedges make up a growing share of the mark
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June 2019
IN THIS ISSUE Beneath the surface: The emerging US consensus on climate change A conservative Republican former congressman, an associate editor of the con
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Legal Update | Pemex to build new refinery in Dos Bocas, Tabasco
Mexico’s Minister of Energy Rocío Nahle announced the start of the procurement procedure for building a new refinery of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in Dos
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Podcast Round-up
Here are three great podcast episodes to add to your queue: Currents: Episode 47: Cost of Capital: 2019 Outlook In case you missed it, the extraordinarily
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DOE issues three rulings favorable to LNG exporters
by Thomas Edward Hirsch III, Jessica Rodriguez and Constanza Recchini. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a policy statement, a blanket order and
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California utilities issue bonds to extinguish wildfire woes
The increasing frequency of wildfires in California has forced the State’s legislature and the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) to come up w
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CFTC Subcommittee to report on LIBOR Reform
This week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced the members of the Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee (“Benchmark Reform Su
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December 2018
IN THIS ISSUE Uncertainty in Mexico as new president takes office Many people have been asking since Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as Mexican pre
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Massachusetts offshore wind lease auction
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) will be auctioning about 390,000 acres of offshore wind lease areas on December 13, 2018 off of the shore of
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Courts Uphold ZEC Programs for Nuclear Plants in Illinois and New York | Norton Rose Fulbright
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for the Second Circuit each upheld a state's creation of a rate subsidization plan to keep o
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