Power Sector – Page 3 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Quick Takes

Treasury and IRS Release Technology-Neutral Clean Energy Tax Credit Proposal

The Inflation Reduction Act included extensions of the clean energy production tax credit and investment tax credit for projects starting before 2025.

June 6, 2024

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final CO2 Standards for the Power Sector: Robust Regulatory Record Sets the Stage for Legal Challenges

A review the legal basis for EPA’s final rule and summary of the final standards. Plus a look at anticipated legal challenges to the final rule.

May 7, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

New Source Review

The NSR program is a long-established set of Clean Air Act rules that safeguards communities from increases in pollution when a new facility is built or an existing facility is modified.

May 3, 2024

Quick Takes

Timelines of EPA’s Final Rules to Reduce Climate Changing Pollution from Power Plants

April 25, 2024

Legal Analysis

Bureau of Land Management Issues Rule to Reduce Wasted Gas from Oil and Gas Operations

A review of BLM’s statutory authority and the components of the rule and how it will interact with EPA’s methane regulations for oil and gas.

April 23, 2024

Explainer

Methane Rules for the Oil and Gas Sector

EELP is collaborating with stakeholders to help identify regulatory options that deploy advanced technologies and cut emissions. Read our legal analyses and listen to our podcasts focused on EPA’s rulemakings and the questions EPA is seeking stakeholder feedback on.

March 8, 2024

Comments Filed

Electricity Law Initiative Responds to Utility Claims about Transmission Cartels

The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment about the value of collaboration in transmission planning in FERC’s ongoing rulemaking proceeding.

March 1, 2024

Legal Analysis

Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control

Technological progress can topple industry titans. But in the electricity industry, entrenched power can stymie disruptive change by setting rules that block competition and reinforce the status quo. In Replacing the […]

November 1, 2023

Regulatory Tracker

Power Plant Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rule

Power plants and other industrial sources emit more pollution as they start up, shut down, or when they malfunction (SSM) than during normal operations. These periods of higher pollution have negative effects on air quality and human health.

September 19, 2023