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Pennsylvania Data Center Executive Order Adds New Development And Permitting Requirements
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's Executive Order 2026-05 fundamentally reshapes how large data center projects navigate state permitting by requiring developers to choose between signing a consent agreement with strict community engagement requirements or facing significantly delayed review timelines. The order prioritizes local land use approvals over state environmental permits and introduces new transparency mandates while removing data centers from expedited permitting programs. Critical questions r
United States Environment
KG
K&L Gates LLP
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Fast-Tracked But Not Frictionless: The Expanding Litigation Front Against The Data Center Boom
The rapid expansion of data centers to meet AI computing demands has triggered a wave of litigation across environmental, land-use, and regulatory fronts. As the Trump Administration pushes to fast-track data center development, local communities and advocacy groups are mounting legal challenges that raise novel questions about federal environmental statutes, state permitting processes, and the balance between infrastructure buildout and public engagement.
United States Environment
AP
Arnold & Porter
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Texas Large Load Interconnection Update: ERCOT Batch Zero Pause And Verification Process
Texas regulators have paused the ERCOT Batch Zero interconnection process for data centers following Governor Abbott's directive requiring comprehensive verification of all large load projects. The verification encompasses two distinct workstreams affecting projects based on size and type, with implications for energization timelines and regulatory compliance. Projects with near-term energization dates face particular uncertainty as ERCOT implements new audit requirements that could take several months to c
United States Energy
BB
Baker Botts LLP
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FERC Approves Settlement Penalizing Crypto Mining Company For Violating NYISO Interconnection Rules
FERC has approved a settlement penalizing cryptocurrency mining company Digi Power X Inc. for violating NYISO tariff interconnection rules by connecting its mining operations to a co-generation facility without proper authorization. The case highlights FERC's increasing enforcement focus on ensuring large load customers, particularly crypto miners and data centers, strictly comply with grid reliability requirements and market rules.
United States Finance
BB
Baker Botts LLP
Curated
Waterways, Canals, And Straits, And What Clear Passage Means To Global Trade Survival
Let’s just start by saying kudos to the author for not using the painfully obvious title of “Let’s Get Things Strait Regarding Global Trade and Their Overall Value in Flows.” In the bigger picture, there are about 200 straits worldwide, but only 18–20 of them actually matter for global trade, and 9 are considered truly critical choke points.
United States International
BG
Braumiller Law Group, PLLC
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DOE’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing: What Energy & Critical Minerals Developers Need to Know
The Trump Administration has revitalized federal financing programs with renewed urgency, particularly through the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF). With recent major announcements including a $17.5 billion commitment for nuclear reactors and comprehensive new guidance issued in May 2026, EDF presents significant opportunities for companies seeking debt financing for energy and critical minerals projects that align with administration priorities across nuclear, advanced geot
United States Energy
MB
Mayer Brown
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FERC Holds Conference to Consider Major PJM Governance Reforms
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently convened a technical conference examining governance reform at PJM Interconnection LLC, where panelists and commissioners explored critical structural changes needed to address rapidly evolving reliability, transmission, resource adequacy and market challenges. The discussion centered on four potential reform areas: increasing PJM board independence, expanding filing rights, enhancing state involvement in governance, and streamlining stakeholder processes th
United States Energy
HK
Holland & Knight
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Same Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Ban, New Insurance Path: Are Your Contracts Ready?
Louisiana's Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act undergoes significant changes starting August 1, 2026, introducing a formal statutory process for obtaining additional insured coverage in oilfield agreements. The amendments establish specific procedural requirements including written requests, premium quotes, and direct payments, while maintaining the Act's prohibition against indemnifying parties for their own negligence. Oilfield operators, contractors, and insurers must understand how these new requirements will
United States Energy
Aa
Adams and Reese
Podcast
Ocean State Energy: Defense, Innovation, And The Future Of Rhode Island's Economy (Podcast)
Steven Hollerbach, principal of Alcazar Energy Trading LLC, provides an insider's perspective on commodity trading and the critical function traders serve in maintaining energy market equilibrium. The discussion explores both physical and financial trading mechanisms, examining the split-second decisions that determine energy pricing, transportation, and delivery across the industry.
United States Energy
FL
Foley & Lardner
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Navigating Nuclear: Streamlined Nepa Proposed Rules Add Complexity For Near Term Reactor Developer Applicants
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed sweeping changes to its environmental review process that would fundamentally narrow the scope of NEPA analyses to focus primarily on radiological impacts within the agency's direct regulatory authority. These proposed reforms, part of a broader regulatory overhaul directed by executive order, would eliminate consideration of many traditional environmental factors like noise, dust, and non-radiological ecological impacts while expanding the use of categorica
United States Government
KG
K&L Gates LLP
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Renewable Energy Financing: Navigating A Surge In Deal Activity
North American renewable energy financing is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by AI-powered data centers demanding massive electricity capacity and federal tax credit deadlines creating urgency for project completion. With hyperscalers investing hundreds of billions in infrastructure and battery storage emerging as a critical asset class, lenders and investors face both immediate opportunities from deadline-driven deal flow and long-term prospects from sustained grid modernization needs.
United States Energy
TL
Torys LLP
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Navigating Nuclear: Updates in New Jersey
New Jersey has enacted the Power NJ Act, establishing a state-led competitive procurement framework to develop at least 1,100 megawatts of new nuclear generation capacity. The legislation requires the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to issue a request for expressions of interest by January 2027, with final project approvals expected by July 2028, while implementing strict ratepayer protections and requiring federal financing for approved projects.
United States Energy
KG
K&L Gates LLP
Article
Strait Talk: The Hormuz Crisis And The Role Of International Arbitration In Geopolitical Energy Disruptions
When a large portion of the world's oil supply comes to a halt overnight, what legal and institutional tools does the international community have to respond? The Hormuz crisis provided a recent case study and raised questions of how international arbitration can respond to and evolve to address such situations, particularly regarding force majeure claims, breach of contract disputes, and pricing disagreements in the energy sector.
United States Litigation
SR
McDermott Will & Schulte
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