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Hill Wants to Extend Whistleblower Protections

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.29.16

In a rare display of unity, a bipartisan group of legislators want to make permanent the pilot program extending federal whistleblower protections to subcontractors and to require modification of existing contracts to include them. This is the latest step in a years-long, rising tide of whistleblower protections, causing prudent contractors to double down on culture, communication, and redrafted codes of ethics.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.26.26

FERC Requires Refunds for Late QF Recertification

On February 19, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Branch Street Solar Partners, LLC et al., 194 FERC ¶ 61,124 (2026) rejecting the refund reports filed in connection with the late filing of recertifications of qualifying facility (QF) status by certain affiliated companies to reflect a change in upstream ownership. FERC’s rearticulation of QF recertification timing requirements and consequences for late QF recertifications has broad and substantial implications for all QF owners. ...