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Feb.19.2020 When Does the Clock Start Ticking on FERC Enforcement?
Sep.13.2019 NERC Issues “Lesson Learned” From a Cyberattack on an Electricity Control Center
Jul.29.2019 NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Framework Smart Grid Profile
Jul.15.2019 Manufacturers Beware: Your Battery Chargers May Be Regulated By DOE
May.07.2019 Delayed Self-Report and Poor Internal Controls Lead to Greater Penalties
Apr.04.2019 FERC Urges Improvements to CIP Internal Controls
Mar.05.2019 Drone Use Brings New Advantages and Opportunities in the Energy Sector
Jan.28.2019 NERC Publishes Guidance for Wind and Solar Generators
Jan.10.2019 How Long Does FERC Have to Assess Civil Penalties in an Enforcement Proceeding? A Long Time, Says a New Federal District Court Ruling
Oct.30.2018 Department of Energy Issues Third Request for Information on Proposed Changes to its Appliance Standards Program
Feb.06.2018 NERC Compliance: Internal Controls That Sit on the Shelf Are of Little Value
Dec.08.2017 Department of Energy Issues Second Request For Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to its Appliance Standards Program
Dec.01.2017 Department of Energy Solicits Comments on A Major Reset of its Appliance Standards Program
Nov.29.2017 Increase in California Rooftop Solar Leads to Conflict Between State and Federal Electricity Regulators
Oct.06.2017 FERC Provides New Guidance on Federal Power Act Approvals Required for Passive Investments in Public Utilities
Sep.27.2017 PODCAST: Energy Infrastructure under the Trump Administration — C&M's Trump: The First Year Series
May.10.2017 Energy Secretary Rick Perry Orders Study of Electricity Markets and Reliability
Apr.18.2017 States Take Diverging Approaches to Renewable Portfolio Standards
Mar.31.2017 President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order: What Does It Do, and What Comes Next?
Feb.03.2017 Where Are PURPA’s Defenders?
Jan.03.2017 10th Circuit Decision Holds That the SEC’s Method for Appointing Administrative Law Judges Violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution
Nov.17.2016 PODCAST: Environmental Regulation Under the Trump Administration — C&M’s First 100 Days Series
Nov.01.2016 Compensation and Technology-Neutral Market Rules for Storage
Oct.28.2016 Are Climate Change-Related Risks Becoming a Material Concern For Public Companies?
Sep.19.2016 Seventh Circuit Endorses DOE’s Reliance on "Social Cost of Carbon" to Support Appliance Efficiency Rule
Aug.05.2016 Obama Administration Finalizes CEQ Guidance to Federal Agencies on Consideration of Climate Change Impacts
Aug.03.2016 D.C. City Council Amends Renewable Portfolio Standard to Increase Solar Mandate
Jul.27.2016 EPA Makes Greenhouse Gas "Endangerment Finding" for the Aviation Sector
Jun.23.2016 EPA Seeks Comments on Clean Energy Incentive Program
Jun.20.2016 Eighth Circuit Invalidates Minnesota’s Climate Change Law
Jun.14.2016 New IRS Safe Harbor for Contributions by Generators and Storage Facilities to Regulated Utilities
May.25.2016 FAR Council Begins Process to Integrate Climate Risk Disclosure into Federal Procurement Regulations
Apr.21.2016 SEC and G20 Financial Stability Board Seeking Comment on Climate Risk Disclosure Requirements
Mar.09.2016 Oregon Enacts Groundbreaking Law to Eliminate Coal and Boost Renewables
Feb.01.2016 DoD Directive Mobilizes Agency Action on Climate Change
Oct.09.2015 Proposed FERC Reporting Requirements to Significantly Impact Electricity Market Participants
Oct.02.2015 EPA Tightens Ozone Standard, Receives Criticism From All Sides
Jul.29.2015 D.C. Circuit Again Invalidates EPA’s 'Good Neighbor' Air Pollutant Transport Rule
Jul.16.2015 IRS Guidance Helps Small Wind Projects Claiming the Investment Tax Credit
Jun.11.2015 Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Regulating Carbon Pollution from the Aviation Sector
Apr.13.2015 California Looks Hard at New Coastal Power Plant
Dec.16.2014 FERC Approves NERC Physical Security Standard
Sep.30.2014 D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing of Its Decision Limiting FERC Authority Over Demand Response
Jul.08.2014 EPA Redefines the Scope of Qualifying Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program