Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2023
And to do that, transmission products must both get access to the land—by purchase or eminent domain—and get the necessary permits from state, and sometimes local, governments. But two appellate-court decisions strictly limited this authority: A 2009 Fourth Circuit decision, Piedmont Environmental Council v. The IRA also provides $9.7
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. 556.400; 30 C.F.R.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Last Thursday, December 15, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) seeking comments on proposed changes to its regulations governing the siting of interstate electric transmission lines. 689 was struck down in 2009 in Piedmont Environmental Council v.
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