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This program will offer practical insights into the rapidly evolving federal environmental review process, including recent NEPA reforms, Supreme Court guidance, and more.

Partner Jenny Speck will join AIEN in Houston on August 26 at 9am for an in-depth panel discussion on the evolving US and Canadian regulatory environment for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).

On August 15, 2025, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released guidance for wind and solar facilities under Sections 45Y and 48E (the “Tech-Neutral Tax Credits”) in the form of IRS Notice 2025-42 (the “Notice”).

With its growing size and importance, the renewable energy industry needs to be aware of antitrust rules. Members of V&E’s nationally recognized antitrust practice have produced a comprehensive survey article that addresses a variety of competition issues faced by renewable energy companies.

In a recent article for The Energyst, Chris Taufatofua, Joshua Hayes, Alex Lee, and Aaron Sahota* explore how the convergence of energy and technology has ignited a wave of innovation races across the globe. From microchips and mineral extraction to solar panels and wind turbines, nations are scrambling for strategic advantage amid rising geopolitical tensions and evolving energy policies. Now, they write, a new race is beginning to take shape.

As the Trump administration continues to roll out its sweeping tariff policy, the North American energy industry is working to address the effects of the President’s tariff strategy. The Trump administration intends to “unleash American energy,”¹ in part by imposing tariffs designed to remedy what the administration views as unfair trade practices and increase U.S. domestic energy production. The currently imposed and threatened tariffs will inevitably impact the energy industry and its consumers. The particularly relevant tariffs can be defined in two broad categories: (1) sectoral tariffs, in this case, imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and (2) the country-specific and “reciprocal tariffs” that the Trump administration has imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

In this article published by Energy Intelligence, Bader Thabti and Eleanor Connolly* explore how the European Commission’s draft regulation on low-carbon fuels could complicate U.S. exports. As the EU pushes forward with its climate goals, new rules on emissions accounting, certification, and methane tracking are raising concerns among U.S. producers, particularly around the recognition of existing non-EU frameworks.

On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) into law. Congress passed the OBBBA through budget reconciliation, a special legislative process that allows Congress to advance certain tax, spending, and debt limit legislation with a simple majority vote in the Senate so long as the legislation does not increase the federal budget deficit outside a 10-year budget window.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1 119^th Congress) (“OBBBA”) into law.

This webinar covered the uptick in project investments in the data center and carbon emission sectors, the competing demands and desire for vast and continuous power, and more.

In the afternoon of June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee (“SFC”) released its proposed legislative text of the tax title for the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” H.R. Con. Res. 14, 119th Cong. (2025) (the “Reconciliation Bill”).

On May 16, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision ruling that, absent specific contractual language, surface owners retain ownership of the caverns created by salt mining operations.