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President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

Laws Covered Laws covered by the order-- Department of Energy-- Atomic Energy Act of 1954; National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987; Energy Policy Act of 1992; Energy Policy Act of 2005; and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

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MMS Proposes Royalty Relief Amendments

The Energy Law

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MMS will accept comments on the proposed rule through July 17, 2007. By Jonathan A. The additional relief will only be available in years when the annual NYMEX natural gas price is at or below $4.47/MMBtu

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

However, in section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Congress gave FERC limited “backstop” authority to approve certain projects in areas designated as “national interest electric transmission corridors” by DOE. In 2007, FERC issued Order No. (For more on that, see our 2020 report here.).