On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule that would significantly expand the scope and enforcement of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA)…
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Battery energy storage system (BESS) projects are increasingly common in utility-scale renewable energy projects, and Kansas developers are pairing BESS projects with solar installations at a growing rate. But a…
Mineral Rights and 45Q Recapture: An Overlooked Legal Risk in Texas Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
The rapid growth of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects across the United States has been fueled in large part by the enhanced tax credits available under Section 45Q of…
At a May 28, 2026 public hearing, fuel producers, agricultural stakeholders, and environmental credit companies testified before the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…
Plug-in solar systems (also known as balcony solar or apartment solar) have been legalized by seven states this year. This opens up new markets to the sellers of small solar…
Regulators in Wisconsin and Minnesota Issue Decisions on Electric Rates for New Data Centers
There is a lot of talk these days about how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom will revolutionize the economy. The electric power sector is no exception. All over the country…
Proposed “Computational Load Entity” Criteria Posted for Comments
Since North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) launched Project 2026-02 to address reliability risks from computational loads, as discussed in our previous…
Biogas Meets the Data Center Boom: How Sections 48E and 45Y Are Powering the Next Wave of Clean Electricity
For years, the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) under Section 48 and the Production Tax Credit (PTC) under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code provided the federal tax incentive foundation…
FERC Eliminates PJM’s De Minimis Rule and Orders Retroactive Transmission Cost Reallocations
In a March 6, 2026 order (the Order), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) reshaped how PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) allocates transmission project costs. Consol. Edison Co. …
NERC Launches Project 2026‑02 to Address Reliability Risks from Computational Loads
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has determined that large computational loads connecting to the Bulk‑Power System (BPS) at an unprecedented speed and scale are reshaping demand profiles and…
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