The DOE Grid Deployment Office announced the availability of guidance for the hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives as authorized through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
NRC proposed to amend its environmental protection regulations by updating 2013 findings on the environmental effect of renewing the operating license of a nuclear power plant, redefining the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed during the review of each application for license renewal.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed to offer one or more lease areas for commercial wind power development on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.
DOE announced the availability of and seeks comment on draft guidance to inform its implementation of hydroelectric incentives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
DOE seeks input on how Department stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) directly, and how the Department may engage with the FESI and the communities it will serve.
In 2015, the United Nations Member States, including the United States, unanimously approved 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. In a forthcoming book, leading legal scholars examine each of the SDGs and recommend a suite of government, private-sector, and civil society actions to help the United States achieve these goals. This Article is adapted from Chapter 7 of that book, Governing for Sustainability (John C. Dernbach & Scott E. Schang eds., ELI Press, forthcoming 2023).
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed reforms to its renewable energy program, including proposals for incremental funding of decommissioning accounts; more flexible geophysical and geotechnical survey submission requirements; streamlined approval of meteorological buoys; revised project verification procedures; reform of the Bureau’s renewable energy auction process; and greater clarity regarding safety requirements.
FERC proposed to revise its existing regulations governing applications for permits to site electric transmission facilities under §216 of the Federal Power Act, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
EPA announced a public comment period for the draft document titled, “Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft).”
EPA proposed applicable volumes and percentage standards for 2023 through 2025 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel; a second supplemental standard addressing the remand of the 2016 standard-setting rulemaking; and several regulatory changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program, including regulations governing the generation of qualifying renewable electricity and other modifications intended to improve the program's implementation.