Hospitality Update – House Bill 2513 and Self-Certification
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Gives Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators a Boost; Implementation Will Present Challenges
Self-Certification for Increased Seating & An Unconstitutional Shutdown? – What This Means for Restaurants
NRC Commission Approves GEIS for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
On September 21, 2020, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to develop and codify a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the construction and operation of advanced nuclear reactors through a technology-neutral, plant parameter envelope (PPE) approach. GEISs have the potential to materially reduce the licensing burden on NRC advanced reactor applicants, given that environmental reviews can take up to a third of agency resources involved in licensing the construction of an advanced reactor. We…
Lessons from an Operating Agreement Dispute
Co-author Rusty Tucker
Jatex Oil & Gas, L.P. v. Nadel & Gussman Permian, L.L.C. presents several teachable moments:
The Texas Property Owner Rule does not allow a non-expert testify on matters requiring expert testimony.
The operator may pay proceeds from a well to the lender to whom the working interest owner made a collateral assignment of net revenues from the well.
A claim for failure to act as a reasonbly prudent operator for failing to…
California to Require 100% Zero-Emission Passenger Vehicle Sales by 2035
The Governor has issued an Executive Order with sweeping implications for the oil and gas industry and others.
By Jean-Philippe Brisson, Joshua T. Bledsoe, Nikki Buffa, and Brian F. McCall
On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, which will have sweeping implications for the oil and gas industry, automakers, low-carbon fuel producers, the logistics industry, and public transit agencies, among others (the Executive Order). Newsom announced…
BSEE Renews Offshore Platform Decommissioning Guidelines
Corps Proposes to Modify Nationwide Permit 12 to Simplify Pre-Construction Notification for Pipelines
On September 15, 2020, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued its “Proposal to Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits” (Proposed Rule). Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, the Corps issues nationwide permits (NWPs) that authorize activities that will result in no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects. These permits are designed to streamline the permitting process…
Lenders Should Not Report PPP Loan Forgiveness to IRS or to Borrowers
Implementation of Gas Leak Law Puts Emissions Over Safety
