The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2021

On June 8, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Request for Interest (RFI) to assess interest in possible commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS. If you have questions about the RFI or commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS, please contact Steve Wiegand or Jana Grauberger.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2021

On June 8, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Request for Interest (RFI) to assess interest in possible commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS. If you have questions about the RFI or commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS, please contact Steve Wiegand or Jana Grauberger.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2021

On June 8, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Request for Interest (RFI) to assess interest in possible commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS. If you have questions about the RFI or commercial wind energy leasing in the Gulf of Mexico OCS, please contact Steve Wiegand or Jana Grauberger.

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True Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Written by Marc Published November 18, 2024 Written by Marc Published November 18, 2024 How Energy Flexibility Benefits Utilities and Their Customers With electricity rates climbing and grid reliability under strain, utilities are under pressure to find innovative solutions. PG&E is far from alone.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 10, 2022

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has received roughly 6,225 Covid-related charges of discrimination under federal civil rights laws” and “more than 2,700 vaccine-related charges, most of which were in 2021 when vaccine requirements were introduced.” Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

MAY 24, 2023

BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its third Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on July 27, 2022 (3 rd Meeting). The first two meetings were held on June 15, 2021 , and February 2, 2022 , respectively. According to Ms. During her presentation, Ms.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its long-anticipated offshore wind lease sale for the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. based offshore wind industry supply chain that would facilitate this or other renewable energy projects permitted by BOEM.”

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 21, 2021

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

Lawsuits were filed in Shreveport and Lafayette in October of 2021 after Ochsner notified all of its employees that – absent an exemption for valid religious or medical reasons – they had to be fully vaccinated by October 29, 2021, or face discipline up to and including termination. Hayes, et al.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

built offshore wind substation departed from a Texas fabrication facility where Danish multinational energy company, Ørsted, and domestic energy provider, Eversource, partnered to build the revolutionary vessel. back in 2021. back in 2021. On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built the largest U.S. the largest U.S.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion redefining the nature of available damages and the “actual, statutorily permitted role of the jury in Act 312 remediation lawsuits.” 6/30/2021); — So. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . LL&E II , at *2.

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2023

This requirement was to go into effect on August 1, 2021. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. After the temporary injunction expired, Louisiana and the NMFS moved for summary judgment.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Task Force released a first draft of the report in the spring of 2021. Some of the actions are related to development of renewable energy in Louisiana, whereas others aim to manage emissions. Other strategies focus on switching to low carbon fuels and developing the infrastructure to support renewable energy in Louisiana.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

On July 1, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service published Revenue Ruling 2021-13 , which provides guidance on three important issues related to the income tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration found in section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

On June 29, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, held that a natural gas company’s right to condemn property for a pipeline under the Natural Gas Act includes the right to condemn state-owned property. In PennEast Pipeline Co. In January 2018, FERC granted PennEast’s request.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On February 22 nd , three environmental groups, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Healthy Gulf, and Alliance for Affordable Energy, filed a petition with the 5th U.S. The decision came after four public hearings between 2021 and 2023, and review of over 45,000 public comments.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 3, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register of a settlement between Federal and State Trustees and Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) to resolve natural resource damages from a 2014 oil release. In November 2021, the U.S. Additionally, Kirby paid $4.9

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The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2021

301 (formerly Senate Bill 185), which was signed by Governor Edwards on June 14, 2021 and will become effective on August 1, 2021. As the number of solar projects continues to grow in Louisiana, a chief concern among Louisiana taxpayers is ensuring that these projects are properly decommissioning upon their abandonment.

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As a result of the increased use of natural gas to generate electricity, the air we breathe is cleaner today than it has been since the 1990s , and energy costs for the average U.S. Also of note are advancements U.S. household have decreased by more than 10 percent over the last decade. enough to power 155,844,000 homes annually.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

17, 2023), in which it re-affirmed the axiomatic principle that a text retains the same meaning in the present day as when it was drafted. As the Court stated in its introductory sentence, “Only in a legal text could the formula ‘one-half of one-eighth’ mean anything other than one-sixteenth.” Dils Co. , 2d 904 (Tex. Dawkins , 483 S.W.3d

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 21, 2021

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

Updated from May 18, 2021 post. On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the climate change litigation affecting the fossil fuel industry. The energy companies removed Baltimore’s case to federal court asserting several bases for federal court jurisdiction, one of which was federal officer jurisdiction.

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

Updated from May 18, 2021 post. On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the climate change litigation affecting the fossil fuel industry. The energy companies removed Baltimore’s case to federal court asserting several bases for federal court jurisdiction, one of which was federal officer jurisdiction.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of Texas in November of 2021. On August 20, 2018, Noble House’s yacht lost its port-side rudder while entering a channel in the Bahamas. The following day, Noble House advised Underwriters at Lloyd’s, its insurer, of the casualty, whose policy allegedly covered the claim.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2021) (“Henry Schein II”). The Supreme Court’s rare dismissal of a previously granted cert petition means that the justices have declined to reconsider the Fifth Circuit’s decision refusing to send the underlying dispute to arbitration. This is now the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mandara Spa (Hawaii), LLC , 20-13449, 2021 U.S. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The defendant successfully proved its affirmative McCorpen defense and was held not liable.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

JULY 30, 2021

Both laws become effective on August 1, 2021. 393 of the 2021 Regular Session , Louisiana’s nondiscrimination law protecting “pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions” in employment (La. Amendment to Pregnancy Accommodation Law. Modifying work schedules.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As announced in Louisiana Tax Commission Statewide Advisory 03-2021 on Hurricane Ida, pursuant to La. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 3, 2024

MVN-2021-00270-EG) in December 2021, and the project is currently in the design/permitting phase of the USACE’s environmental review process. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. On January 11, 2021, the Fifth Circuit panel affirmed. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *3. In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). See Barker v.

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The Energy Law

JULY 24, 2020

The law will be effective on January 1, 2021 and will be applied prospectively only. The most significant change, by far, is the amendment to the “collateral source rule.” The revision effectively limits the plaintiff’s damages to the amount of medical expenses actually paid. Additionally, HB57 lowers the jury threshold (i.e.,

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The Energy Law

APRIL 14, 2021

On April 5, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRM”) to solicit public comments on questions pertinent to its implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial owner reporting requirements. The CTA contains many enumerated exceptions.

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