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Your one-stop resource for timely analysis of legal and policy developments affecting the energy and climate sectors. We focus on the issues that matter most to you, from federal and state policy and judicial decisions to business trends and financing news.

BAAJA Blast: What the Senate Permitting Bill Means for Transmission Developers
Blog October 15, 2026
This is the first post in a four-part “BAAJA Blast” series covering the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026—a Senate bill proposing significant reforms to federal permitting and environmental review processes…
Analyzing the Legal Landscape Since Trump’s 2025 Deep Sea Mining Executive Order
Blog October 15, 2026
In the seventeen months since President Trump’s April 2025 executive order directing United States agencies to accelerate deep-sea mining permitting in both U.S. and international waters, the legal landscape has shifted dramatically…
Second Life for Mine Waste: Turning Tailings into a Critical Minerals Recovery and Environmental Remediation Opportunity
Blog October 14, 2026
Historically, U.S. mine tailings have been treated as waste to be disposed of, not as a potential resource. That view is changing…
Digging Deep: Inside the Race for Domestic Critical Minerals
Blog October 07, 2026
The critical minerals sector sits at the intersection of several rapidly evolving areas within national security and energy policy, international trade law, and intellectual property…
Load Growth and the Demand Side Revolution
Blog July 30, 2026
Trillions of dollars of AI capital are chasing roughly 100 gigawatts (“GW”) of electric power, and the nation’s electric-sector regulators – the policymakers at the federal and state levels, as well as the administrators of the various RTOs/ISOs – have a critical role to play in helping them secure it…
PJM Board Directs FERC Filing on Reliability Backstop Procurement and Interim Resource Adequacy Service
Blog July 30, 2026
On July 27, the PJM Board of Managers issued a “decisional letter” that directed PJM to file proposals for a Reliability Backstop Procurement and Connect and Manage—renamed “Interim Resource Adequacy Service”—with FERC in the next few days…
Virtual Power Plants: The Distributed Energy Revolution Has Arrived
Blog July 13, 2026
How aggregated distributed energy resources are reshaping the grid — and what it means for energy developers, utilities, and in-house legal teams…
New York Senate Passes ASAP Act to Increase Solar Funding and Reduce Deployment Costs
Blog April 29, 2026
On April 21, 2026, the New York State Senate passed the Accelerate Solar for Affordable Power (ASAP) Act (2025-S6570A)…
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Foley Hoag’s Energy & Climate Counsel blog aims to be your one-stop resource for timely analysis of legal and policy developments affecting the energy and climate sectors. We focus on the issues that matter most to our readers, from federal and state policy and judicial decisions to business trends and financing news.

Our authors, comprised of attorneys from the firm’s Energy & Climate practice, have been active in the energy and climate space for decades, counseling clients across the spectrum – from new, innovative technology companies to large utility-scale power projects. Recognizing early on the common concerns of the renewable and traditional energy fields, we established one of the first integrated practices to serve all segments of the energy and clean technology sectors. We believe this tight integration provides us with the insight to analyze the pressing issues, trends and opportunities that those in this industry have come to expect.