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Texas Senate Bill 6 Update: What Data Centers And Large Load Customers Should Know About Proposed Interconnection Standards

On March 12, 2026, the Public Utility Commission of Texas voted to publish draft rule 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.194, which will implement Texas SB 6’s requirement that the Commission create interconnection standards for new loads of 75 MW or greater.

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOE Releases $1.9 Billion Funding Opportunity For Grid Upgrades And Expansion

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) on March 12, 2026, issued the Speed to Power Through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK)...

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

White House's "BYOG" Policy Creates Opportunities As 7 Tech Giants Pledge To Self-supply Power For Data Centers

On March 4, 2026, the White House released the Ratepayer Protection Pledge (the Pledge), a nonbinding commitment wherein seven leading tech companies agree to "build, bring, or buy"...

United States Energy

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Inside Digital Infrastructure: Enchanted Rock's Joel Yu On Speed To Power And Data Center Siting

Joel Yu, Senior Vice President of Policy & External Affairs at Enchanted Rock, joins Steven Shparber, Co-chair of Mintz's Digital Infrastructure Practice, to discuss how power availability has become the gating factor for data center development.

United States Technology

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Mintz

Rapid Fire Remix: North Carolina Government Relations, Utilities, And Natural Disaster Recovery

United States Insurance

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

Energy Planning Should Balance Reliability, Affordability

United States Energy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Utilities And Data Centers Confront Congressional Scrutiny Over Rising Electricity Prices

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Missouri Bill Proposes Immediate Moratorium On Solar Projects

United States Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Key Takeaways From The California Public Utilities Commission SB 254 Wildfire Report

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Alpha Beneath The Asphalt: Tapping Into Underground Water Infrastructure's Trillion Dollar Opportunity

United States Energy

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Alvarez & Marsal

Energy 2026: Navigating Complexity And Seizing Opportunities

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Democratic AGs Keep Wind Energy Whirling With CT, RI Win And New NY Lawsuits

United States Energy

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Cozen O'Connor

Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill To Establish Consumer-Regulated Electric Utilities

United States Energy

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Kutak Rock LLP

Minnesota Looks To Grid Enhancing Technologies As A New Tool To Provide Transmission Congestion Relief

United States Energy

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

What Europe's Renewable Energy Struggles Can Teach U.S. Regulators About Dispute System Design

United States Litigation

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JAMS

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

United States Insolvency

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Ballard Spahr LLP

What Every Multinational Should Know About…Managing The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's IEEPA Tariff Decision (Part I)

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

FERC Orders PJM To Create Clear Rules For Co-Located Data Centers And Large Loads

What's Happening: Stemming from its February 2025 show cause order concerning co-location issues, on December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

SB 6 Implementation Shaping Data Center Future In Texas

While the law took effect immediately, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) was tasked with implementing the statute's directives into regulations.

United States Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

Chairman Swett maintains agenda of simplifying regulations, while contending that FERC's existing communications rule is more than adequate to regulate communications.

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

California's Bold Move Toward A Unified Western Grid

California is positioning itself to help run a unified, independently governed electricity market across the West. With AB 825 signed on September 19, 2025...

United States Energy

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

A Refresher On The Right-of-Way And Condemnation Process For Utilitie

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

New Jersey Energy Security And Affordability Act: What Senate Bill S4876 Means For Nuclear And Grid Development

United States Energy

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

What SB 283, Requiring Early Fire District Review, Means For Your Battery Energy Storage System Projects

United States Energy

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Is Inverse Condemnation Reform On The Table In California?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Wildfire Mitigation Under California SB 254 And Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Data Center Regulation Tracker

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

DOE Proposes New Federal Standards For Interconnecting Large Loads To The Grid

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

United States Energy

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Fennemore

In A Move Affecting The Future Of Data Centers, DOE Directs FERC To Act On Large Load Interconnections

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

On October 23, 2025, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop rules...

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

DOE Proposes New Federal Standards For Interconnecting Large Loads To The Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a major step toward addressing a pressing challenge in the energy and technology landscape...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

In its opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission the California Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District's application of the highly deferential Greyhound standard of review ...

United States Energy

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Fennemore

In A Move Affecting The Future Of Data Centers, DOE Directs FERC To Act On Large Load Interconnections

On October 23rd, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") containing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Consider Groundbreaking Rules Related To Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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Mintz

New Requirements For Wind, Solar, And Storage Facility Leases In Texas

On May 29, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill No. 3809 into law, adding new provisions to the Texas Utilities Code that impose decommissioning and financial assurance requirements...

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Key Considerations For Identifying Project Right-of-Way Needs

When public agencies or utilities move forward with infrastructure projects, one of the most critical steps is determining exactly what property rights must be acquired.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

DC Circuit Re-Affirms Its "Broad View" Of A Small Power Production Facility's "Power Production Capacity" After Loper Bright Remand

Disagreement over whether the Broadview Solar facility should or should not be a QF has now lasted over five years and has been the subject of many past blog posts.

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Massachusetts Energy Storage Procurement Underway

Massachusetts's first "Section 83E" procurement for energy storage is underway, with bids due Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at noon.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

NERC Proposes Which Reliability Standards Will Initially Be Applicable To Non-BES IBRs Equal Or Greater Than 20 MVA Connected To 60 KV Or Higher Transmission Facilities

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

United States Energy

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Arcadis

Kansas Enacts Data Center Incentive Program

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Megawatt Minute Alert: Developments On How Duke Energy Integrates Data Centers And Other New Large Load Customers In North Carolina

United States Energy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Powering Data Centers: The State Of The States

United States Energy

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Alvarez & Marsal

Michigan Public Service Commission Continues Method Of Setting Utility Revenues Based On Projected Future Costs

United States Environment

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Clark Hill

Texas Senate Bill 6: Understanding The Impacts To Large Loads And Co-located Generation

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

Siting Energy And Transmission Line Projects In Arizona

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

Senate Bill 6 Positions Texas To Better Manage Large Electrical Loads And Strengthen Grid Reliability

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Important Texas Regulatory Updates For Data Centers

United States Energy

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Mayer Brown

Evaluating The Opportunity For Exploration And Production Companies Around Onsite Power Generation For Data Centers And Electrification

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For June 2025

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

Good For The Grid (And For Customers): Demand Response Communications Are "Closely Related" To Utility Service Under The TCPA

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The AI Thirst Trap

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

House Bill 3809 Adds Obligations To Battery Energy Storage Lessees In Texas

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

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