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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 Subcommittee”)...
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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 Massachusetts...
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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 operating nuclear plants economically afloat...
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FERC Works to Speed Up LNG Reviews
In the past, it has taken years for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue decisions on whether or not to authorize onshore LNG facilities...
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ISO New England Adds Fuel Security to Tariff to Extend Operation of Gas Units | Norton Rose Fulbright
Due to concerns about fuel security, ISO-NE proposed tariff revisions to induce a large gas-fired generator to continue to operate rather than retire its unit for economic reasons...
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New York Framework for First Phase of Offshore Wind Procurement | Norton Rose Fulbright
The New York Public Service Commission issued an order in July to establish the framework for the first phase of procuring 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy by the year 2030. The New York State Energy...
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DOE Expedites Approval Process for Certain Small-Scale Exports of LNG
The Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule to expedite approvals for small-scale exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries with which the United States does not have a free-trade agreement (non-F
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California cap-and-trade and offset credit programs
California’s cap-and-trade program took effect in 2012. The rules, set by the California Air Resources Board, apply to electric power plants, industrial plants and fuel distributors that emit 25,000 tons ...
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Saudi Arabia ramping up renewable energy investments
Early last year Saudi Arabia announced a national renewable energy program with the goal of supplying 10 percent of its power demand with renewable energy by 2023.
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