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9 Reasons Why You Should Go Solar Today

Energy Refuge

In some cases, having solar panels installed on your house can eliminate your electricity bills altogether. Minimal Noise and Maintenance. In addition to limiting noise pollution, solar panels also require way less maintenance. Are you tired of paying an arm and a leg every month for electricity?

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BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices

The Energy Law

In the final rule, BSEE amended its regulations to add a new regulatory definition of RUE and to incorporate RUEs, RUE holders, and prior RUE holders throughout the decommissioning regulations located at 30 C.F.R. 250.1700, et seq. BSEE added a new paragraph (c) to 30 C.F.R. BSEE’s final rule can be found at 88 Fed. 23569 (April 18, 2023).

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A premises owner can still be a statutory employer in Texas, at least for now

The Energy Law

We hold that the exclusive remedy defense for qualifying general contractors is, likewise, available to premises owners who meet the Act’s definition of “general contractor,” and who also provide workers’ compensation insurance to lower-tier subcontractors’ employees. meets the definition of “general contractor” under the Act, and.

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Pipeline Right of Way

The Energy Law

As a result, the district court held that no continuing tort was at issue and the case therefore prescribed. Further guiding the 5th Circuit’s opinion was the conclusion that the interest granted to TGP met the definition of a servitude.

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law

The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7]

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting

The Energy Law

Noting that “[t]he Louisiana Supreme Court has never interpreted the One-Call Statute’s definition of ‘excavation’” and, the panel made what it termed an “ Erie guess” holding that a vessel that anchors without first placing a One-Call does not violate the One-Call Statute.

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

In these cases, when designing the drilling and earning transaction, consider packaging one or more conventional formations with an unconventional shale formation to create a designated “earning zone”. Take into account lease maintenance requirements.