On September 24, 2026, FERC denied a complaint filed by Oklo, Inc. (Oklo) against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) alleging that PJM unlawfully administered the interconnection process to Oklo’s 750-megawatt project (Project) and unjustifiably withdrew the Project from Cycle 01. In
Senate Unveils Bipartisan Permitting Overhaul: What It Could Mean for Renewable Energy Developers
After years of false starts, Congress may finally be nearing a meaningful overhaul of the federal permitting process. On September 30, 2026, the leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
The Nuclear Regulation Bill: a New(clear) Era (Part 2 – Government Objective 1)
On 13 May 2026, it was announced that a Nuclear Regulation Bill would be introduced for discussion in the upcoming …
The decarbonisation of European ports
Europe: Long established as cargo-handling facilities, European ports are becoming multi-functional nodes at the intersection of the energy transition. This article examines the progress they have made, the regulatory and commercial challenges they face, and how contractual, institutional and financing
The Taxing Challenge of Produced Water
As produced water volumes grow across the Permian Basin, Texas faces increasing pressure on disposal capacity, rising costs, and seismic risks.
In an article for The Texas Lawbook, FBT Gibbons partner Ray Guy, based in the firm’s Dallas office,
Why energy leaders need confidence in the information behind every decision
Highlights
- A plausible but unsupported answer can be costly when energy decisions must be accurate, traceable, and defensible.
- Trusted, traceable information helps energy teams defend answers to regulators, auditors, boards, and counterparties’ lawyers.
- Legal, tax, trade, and risk decisions are
A day of high-stakes decisions in energy: How one change cascades across the business
Highlights
- A single sanctions designation can ripple across risk, legal, trade and tax teams within hours, each needing the others’ answers.
- Trusted content, data and AI working together inside existing workflows help teams make defensible, traceable decisions instead of plausible
CFC Dismisses Tucker Act Claim Arising from Cancelled Indian Country Energy Extraction Lease
Here are the materials in Lario Oil and Gas Co. v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
Travis Annatoyn Weighs In On Presidential Authority Under Senate Permitting Bill in Heatmap
Travis Annatoyn, Arnold & Porter Environmental counsel and former Deputy Solicitor for Energy and Mineral Resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior, was quoted in the Heatmap article, “What a President Can and Can’t Do Under the Senate Permitting
Groundbreaking permitting deal in the Senate could advance essential energy projects in the US
United States: On September 30, Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Lee (R-AR) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) released the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a 417-page bill to reform the federal permitting and environmental review process.