Law and Environment

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And the Department of Energy, which makes National Corridor designations, has said that it intends to provide a process to designate such corridors on a route-specific, applicant-driven basis to address roadblocks as they arise. But a 2009 decision of the Fourth Circuit struck down that interpretation. Background. FERC Order No.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. 585.107(f).

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

This power originated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gave DOE authority to designate “National Interest Electric Corridors” (NIETCs), if, based on a “ Congestion Study ” released once every three years, it found that a region’s lack of transmission capacity was already constraining economic growth.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2022

State law often provides that, in assessing the public interest, the regulator can consider “only the interests of in-state residents and businesses.” Significant support for these actions was provided in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law in August. or is not economically feasible.:

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