On February 18, 2021, FERC issued two orders terminating the proceedings stemming from the Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Proposed Rule on Grid Reliability and Resilience (“Proposed Rule”). FERC previously established rulemaking proceedings in Docket No. RM18-1-000 to consider the proposed
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FERC Exempts Certain Demand Response Programs from NYISO’s Buyer-Side Market Power Mitigation Rules
On February 18, 2021, FERC denied a rehearing request for an order it issued in October of 2020 that stated that payments received under the Commercial System Distribution Load Relief Programs (“CSRPs”) may not be excluded from the offer floors…
In PJM MOPR Proceeding, FERC Vacates Footnote Prompting Danly Dissent
On February 18, 2021, FERC took action in a multi-year dispute over the PJM Interconnection’s capacity market pricing rule known as the Minimum Offer Price Rule (or, “MOPR”) by vacating a single troublesome footnote from its last order, making way…
Domestic and International Securities Regulators Focus on Sustainability Standards
Recent statements from domestic and international securities regulators suggest that development of consistent environmental disclosure standards may soon be forthcoming, with a nearer-term emphasis on sustainability goals and methodologies for addressing climate change.
On Feb. 24, Allison Herren Lee, acting…
USEPA Advances Toward Regulation of PFAS in Drinking Water
Climate change and environmental justice are currently dominating the conversation in the environmental legal community, but 2021 promises to be an extremely active year for one of the most challenging environmental issues of this era — the emergence of per-…
Residency Audits: What To Expect When You Move To Another State
According to CNBC, New Jersey, New York, California, Connecticut and Illinois are the five states that had the most residents move away in 2020; they are also among the states with the highest state and local taxes. That is…
Preparing for a More Aggressive Federal Environmental Enforcement Regime
The Biden administration has already taken several actions that signal its intention to shift to a more federally focused environmental enforcement approach. Although the Trump administration generally adopted a “hands off” approach that afforded states broad deference in deciding when…
WEBINAR: Hydrogen Infrastructure Challenges and Case Studies: Bumpy Road or Expressway to a Clean Fuel Future?
On Thursday, March 11, Greenberg Traurig, in collaboration with German engineering firm DEEP.KBB and Dutch consulting firm Rebel Group, will host a webinar on the technical and legal challenges associated with ongoing hydrogen-related projects.
Topics Include:
- Impact of Hydrogen on Infrastructure
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OEHHA Proposes Changes to Prop 65 Short Form Warnings
Recently, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the Proposition 65 regulations related to short form warnings. Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires businesses to provide…
California Launches Updated Environmental Justice Screening Tool
As we have explained, environmental justice will be a central focus of the Biden-Harris administration. A recent Executive Order declares federal agencies “shall make achieving environmental justice part of their missions by developing programs, policies, and activities to address…