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LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
John McAleese, III, Christopher McAuliffe, Ronald Tenpas, William Lewis, Jr.
President Obama announced on September 2 that his administration was withdrawing the draft ozone ambient air quality standards that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had prepared and was in the process of issuing as... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
Setting the stage for what promises to be a blockbuster environmental case, the U.S. Supreme Court on December 6 agreed to hear a challenge to a Second Circuit decision allowing plaintiffs to maintain a public nuisance lawsuit a... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
In March 2010, ASTM International, one of the world's largest voluntary standards development organizations, released a standard guide, ASTM Standard E2718-10, Standard Guide for Financial Disclosures Attributed to Climate Chan... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On February 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued interpretive guidance [1] for public companies regarding the application of the SEC's existing disclosure requirements to c... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On December 7, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) announced that six greenhouse gases taken in combination endanger both public health and welfare. The Agency also found that the combined emissions of these gre... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Starting on January 1, 2010, electric generating facilities that emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) will be required to collect data on their GHG emissions and to report those findings to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Pennsylvania is currently offering two different funding opportunities to support the development and use of solar energy and expansion of solar energy-related industries. The first opportunity, the Solar Energy Program, provid... more
Presentation | Webinar
Stephen Spina, J. Daniel Skees, John McGrane
Reliability compliance obligations have grown in complexity since the beginning of mandatory Reliability Standards following EPAct 2005, resulting in greater burdens on utilities and raising the spectre of increased penalties for... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal describing how it intends to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act's (CAA) Title V and Prevention of Significant Deterio... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated two lawsuits filed by eight states, New York City, and three environmental groups that allege that the carbon dioxide emissions from six electric pow... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Environmental Practice
On September 22, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) Rule. EPA had proposed this rule on March 10 of this year and solicited comments fro... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Pennsylvania has now opened its first of four grant solicitations under the "PA Green Energy Works!" Program. PA Green Energy Works! will use up to $52 million in federal funding received under the American Recovery and Reinves... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Real Estate LawFlash
Jeannine Bishop
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is steering Pennsylvania toward achieving "green" standards, visible in the recent passing of a bill that will require certain state-funded "major facility projects" to comply with energ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
As work on projects funded in whole or in part by stimulus money continues to increase, employers should be aware of extraordinarily broad whistleblower provisions contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance Practice
The federal government has proposed making significant public investment to facilitate the development of a comprehensive high-speed rail network throughout the United States. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) plans to ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) jointly issued a guidance document addressing many issues relating to the development and implementation of hydrokinetic and hybrid... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On July 29, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced two solicitations that are part of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) provision of several billion dollars in loan guarantees for various renewable energy initiatives. C... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued for comment a draft timeline for the implementation of mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards at nuclear power plants. Prev... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On July 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a policy statement providing guidance on the development of smart grid technology for the electric transmission system and adopting an interim rate policy to enc... more
Presentation | Webinar
Floyd Norton, IV, Ronald Tenpas, Levi McAllister, Michael Griffen
Since early 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have been separately drafting legislation that, if enacted, would fundamentally alter the way that the United States generates, transmits, and consumes energ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Kenneth Kulak, Wendy Unglaub, Richard Shortz, Wayne Song, Terrence Dugan, Gary Wilcox, Ingrid Myers, Douglas Davidson
On July 9, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) issued guidance that outlined the procedures for obtaining cash grants in lieu of claiming investment tax credits or production tax credits for specified renewable en... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On June 26, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), major legislation addressing energy and climate change policy. Known commonly as the Waxman-Markey bill, the 1,300-... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On May 21, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a participant funding arrangement for a proposed international transmission project that would connect the Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie (Hydro-Quebec) transm... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Environmental LawFlash
Litigation Practice
The Obama administration’s budget, publicly released on May 7, includes $10.5 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the largest budget allocation for the agency in its 39-year history. Under the prop... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On April 16, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a Special Report titled Accommodating High Levels of Variable Generation (the Special Report), which was prepared by NERC’s Integration of V... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On April 16, the Department of Energy (DOE) released two documents detailing an unprecedented and rapid investment in the nation's electrical grid: a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program and a draf... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Real Estate LawFlash
Real Estate Practice
On Thursday, April 9, top executives from 19 commercial real estate companies met with the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a plan to reduce energy consumption in real estate buildings across the country. With consumption ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On April 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order in Docket No. ER09-681-000 (the Order) granting approval of various transmission infrastructure rate incentives requested by Green Power Express, LP (G... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Insurance Recovery LawFlash
Insurance Recovery Practice
Earlier this month in a sweeping victory for policyholders, the California Supreme Court unanimously clarified several important issues on insurance coverage for environmental liabilities. State of California v. Allstate Insuran... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Litigation Practice
On March 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). This rule was authorized by the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which directed... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act). Enacting over $787 billion in appropriations and tax cuts, the Act authorizes many energy-related... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Business and Finance Practice
Actions by the Attorney General of the State of New York in 2008 will affect how public companies disclose and address climate change financial risks. Since August 2008, the Attorney General has announced settlement agreements ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Energy Practice
The recent election will bring in a new administration in January—one that has signaled that federal action to address climate change is on the horizon. While running for office, President-Elect Barack Obama proposed bold... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Business and Finance Practice
Recent action by the Attorney General of the State of New York will affect how public companies disclose and address climate change financial risks. On August 27, 2008, the Attorney General announced a settlement agreement with... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Insurance Recovery LawFlash
Insurance Recovery Practice
Hurricane Ike has caused very substantial loss throughout the Texas Gulf Coast. As the region begins to recover, Morgan Lewis’s Insurance Recovery lawyers are already working with our clients nationwide to ensure that the... more
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Litigation Practice
Climate change issues are generating one of the most rapidly changing and critically important components of environmental law. Most of the developments discussed in this overview have occurred in the last several years. This p... more