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Expected Lawsuit Could Impact Trump Administration’s Offshore Lease Termination Strategy jdsupra.com/legalnews/expect…

Expected Lawsuit Could Impact Trump Administration’s Offshore Lease Termination Strategy

The Trump Administration's campaign against offshore wind has escalated in 2026 with the announcement of multiple negotiated lease cancellations. However, this settlement strategy is set to face...

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PUCT Affirms Curtailment Authority Over Co-located Data Centers In First Net Metering Case Under Senate Bill 6 jdsupra.com/legalnews/puct-a…

PUCT Affirms Curtailment Authority Over Co-located Data Centers In First Net Metering Case Under...

On July 24, 2026, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issued an order in Docket No. 59220 to approve a net metering application between a data center large load and a standalone...

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DOE’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing: What Energy & Critical Minerals Developers Need to Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/doe-s-…
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Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections — August 2026 jdsupra.com/legalnews/sustai…

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections — August 2026

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox.

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Understanding Solar Facility Options and Leases: A Guide for Landowners jdsupra.com/legalnews/unders…

Understanding Solar Facility Options and Leases: A Guide for Landowners

Across Virginia and much of the country, solar development has expanded rapidly over the last decade. As developers search for suitable land, many property owners—particularly owners of farmland...

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ESG due diligence through green procurement – New compliance duties for net-zero companies jdsupra.com/legalnews/esg-du…

ESG due diligence through green procurement – New compliance duties for net-zero companies

A new channel for ESG requirements is emerging in the EU. Sustainability due diligence is indirectly transmitted through public purchasing power, in addition to directly ESG due diligence and...

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Renewable Energy Update 7.31.26 jdsupra.com/legalnews/renewa…

Renewable Energy Update 7.31.26

U.S. solar developers have secured federal subsidies for a wave of projects large enough to nearly double current capacity before the July 4 deadline. The looming tax credit loss has created a...

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FCC Adds Foreign-Produced Power Inverters to the Covered List: Five Things to Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/fcc-ad…

FCC Adds Foreign-Produced Power Inverters to the Covered List: Five Things to Know

On 28 July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released Public Notice DA 26-786, adding foreign-produced power inverters and,...

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FCC Adds Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices and Power Inverters to Covered List, Opens Conditional Approval Process jdsupra.com/legalnews/fcc-ad…

FCC Adds Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices and Power Inverters to Covered List, Opens...

The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau recently added (1) foreign-produced power inverters and (2) foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to the...

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USDA’s 2026 Unified Agenda Includes Biobased Product and Biotechnology Rulemakings jdsupra.com/legalnews/usda-s…

USDA’s 2026 Unified Agenda Includes Biobased Product and Biotechnology Rulemakings

In July, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the Trump Administration’s 2026 Unified Agenda. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Unified Agenda includes the following...

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DoD's Wind Freeze and the APA Reckoning jdsupra.com/legalnews/dod-s-…

DoD's Wind Freeze and the APA Reckoning

The next major renewable energy permitting fight is about whether a federal review process can be paused indefinitely.

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New FCC Restrictions on Foreign Power Inverters jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-fc…

New FCC Restrictions on Foreign Power Inverters

On July 28, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its Covered List under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act to include foreign-produced power inverters. This...

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U.S. FCC Bans Import of Foreign-Made Power Inverters jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-fc…

U.S. FCC Bans Import of Foreign-Made Power Inverters

On July 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced power inverters to its “Covered List” on the grounds that they represent a security threat. As a result,...

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Power Shift: FCC Blocks New Foreign-Made Inverters in Major “Covered List” Update jdsupra.com/legalnews/power-…

Power Shift: FCC Blocks New Foreign-Made Inverters in Major “Covered List” Update

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially updated its “Covered List” to ban new foreign-produced connected power inverters from receiving FCC equipment authorizations.

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Powering Data Centers After The OBBBA: Energy Tax Credits, Compliance Risks, And New Opportunities jdsupra.com/legalnews/poweri…

Powering Data Centers After The OBBBA: Energy Tax Credits, Compliance Risks, And New Opportunities

The rapid expansion of the U.S. data center industry, with its massive need for electricity, coincided with significant changes in federal energy tax law and policy, with the enactment of the...

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USDA Proposes Expanded AFIDA Reporting Requirements: What Renewable Energy Developers and Financing Parties Should Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/usda-p…

USDA Proposes Expanded AFIDA Reporting Requirements: What Renewable Energy Developers and Financing...

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...

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Solar Surpasses Coal in the U.S. For the First Time jdsupra.com/legalnews/solar-…

Solar Surpasses Coal in the U.S. For the First Time

Solar has reached a historic milestone, surpassing coal in U.S. electricity generation as rising demand and record investment accelerate the transition to renewable energy. As innovation and...

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Wind Repowering and Greenfield Projects: Building a Robust and Sovereign Electrification by Restoring Stakeholder Confidence jdsupra.com/legalnews/wind-r…

Wind Repowering and Greenfield Projects: Building a Robust and Sovereign Electrification by...

The publication of the decree on Multiannual Energy Program (PPE 3) on 12 February 2026, after several years of delays, marks a pivotal milestone by finally establishing a planning framework for...

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ANP Opens Public Consultation on the Review of Waterborne Fuel Specifications and the Facilitation of Biofuel Use in Maritime Transport jdsupra.com/legalnews/anp-op…

ANP Opens Public Consultation on the Review of Waterborne Fuel Specifications and the Facilitation...

On July 27, 2026, Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) published Public Consultation and Hearing Notice No. 15/2026, for the review of ANP Resolution No....

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Divergence Is the Strategy: 5 Energy Signals Reshaping… jdsupra.com/legalnews/diverg…

Divergence Is the Strategy: 5 Energy Signals Reshaping…

The global energy market is no longer moving toward a single destination or following a common playbook to get there. Instead, the defining feature of 2026 is divergence. Electricity demand is...

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