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Flipping The Switch: Protect Your Solar Lease Before The Power Flows
In California, solar operators leasing land for their projects face a critical risk: foreclosure by a junior lienholder could extinguish their lease and force premature project removal, potentially triggering defaults under revenue agreements. A simple yet often overlooked solution—recording a Memorandum of Lease—can protect the project from most foreclosures by establishing the lease's priority in the chain of title.
United States Real Estate
CC
Cox, Castle & Nicholson
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Digging Deep: Inside The Race For Domestic Critical Minerals
The United States faces unprecedented challenges in securing domestic supplies of critical minerals essential to national security, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. As global demand surges and geopolitical tensions reshape international trade relationships, innovative technologies are emerging to unlock domestic sources, improve refining efficiency, and transform industrial waste into valuable feedstocks.
Global Energy
FH
Foley Hoag LLP
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Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement On Permitting Reform Text
On Sept. 30, 2026, Senate negotiators announced agreement on the text of the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” a long-awaited bill to reform and expedite federal environmental and energy permitting. The 417-page bill is the product of intensive negotiations among the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee that began early in the 119th Congress.
United States Environment
GT
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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ELI Will Hold Webinar On “Biofuels: The Latest Developments And Policy Considerations” On September 22, 2026
The Environmental Law Institute will explore how biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel dependence across hard-to-abate sectors, while examining critical challenges in production including land use, water consumption, and food supply impacts. Expert panelists will discuss biofuel supply chains, carbon accounting methodologies, and the evolving policy landscape shaping decarbonization pathways.
United States Environment
BC
Bergeson & Campbell
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Client Spotlight: Antora Energy Powers The Future Of Industrial Energy Storage
Antora Energy, a leading US thermal battery manufacturer, has secured $550 million in Series C financing to scale deployment of its innovative energy storage technology that converts low-cost electricity into heat stored in solid carbon blocks. The oversubscribed funding round will support expanded manufacturing capacity, establishment of a second US production hub, and large-scale project deployment to meet surging energy demand from industrial facilities, data centers, and the grid.
United States Energy
M
Mintz
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California Legislature Passes Bill To Facilitate Solar Projects On Agricultural Land
California's Assembly Bill 1156 introduces a streamlined process for developing solar projects on agricultural lands restricted by Williamson Act contracts in critically overdrafted groundwater basins. The legislation offers contract nullification and fee waivers for qualifying photovoltaic projects that meet specific requirements, including Environmental Leadership certification and community benefits agreements. Will this new pathway successfully balance the state's clean energy goals with agricultural la
United States Energy
AM
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
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Los Angeles County Proposes Amendments To Its Renewable Energy Ordinance Limiting Utility-Scale BESS And Solar Energy And Prohibiting Utility-Scale Wind
Los Angeles County has published draft amendments to its Renewable Energy Ordinance that would significantly restrict utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems, green hydrogen projects, and solar development through extensive geographic prohibitions and heightened regulatory requirements. The proposed changes would prohibit development in significant ecological areas, high fire hazard zones, and near sensitive uses, while continuing the ban on utility-scale wind projects throughout the County.
United States Environment
CC
Cox, Castle & Nicholson
Podcast
Charging Ahead: Lane Chaplin, Head Of Real Estate & Retail Portfolio Partnerships - EVgo (Podcast)
Lane Chaplin, head of real estate for EVgo, discusses the rapid expansion of EV charging infrastructure across major retail partnerships and thousands of strategic site rollouts. From Tesla Superchargers to LA Fitness locations, discover how industry leaders are shaping policy through organizations like ICSC while building the foundation for America's electric vehicle future.
United States Real Estate
AM
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
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Illinois' Clean And Reliable Grid Affordability Act Enacts New Statewide Zoning Standards For Energy Storage Systems
Illinois has enacted the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, establishing comprehensive statewide zoning and permitting standards for commercial energy storage systems with capacity exceeding 1 MW. The legislation creates uniform requirements for setbacks, decommissioning, financial assurance, and safety standards while limiting local governments' ability to impose more restrictive regulations.
United States Energy
TS
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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