Energy & utilities
January 2025 | SPECIAL REPORT: ENERGY & UTILITIES
Financier Worldwide Magazine
January 2025 Issue
More and more, energy companies are forced to navigate a sea of uncertainty as rules and policies change, while also facing a variety of conflicting pressures from diverse stakeholders. FW discusses the US energy sector with Barry Cannaday, Andrew Mina, Jennifer Morrissey, Dena Sholk and Linda Willard at Dentons.
Strategic and political considerations for power sector transformation
National Renewable Energy Laboratory The transition faces significant hurdles, including the need for expanded transmission grids, securing critical materials, strengthening manufacturing capabilities, addressing supply chain dependencies and overcoming local resistance.
Political priorities in the US and EU energy sectors following the US elections
Squire Patton Boggs The policies of President Trump will undoubtedly bring further change and influence a complex interplay of geopolitical and market forces in the global LNG markets.
US energy sector faces unprecedented growth in demand for power
Dentons There is no question that electricity demand in the US is growing, but the rate and duration of growth is dependent on a host of dynamic factors and challenges.
Utilities and pipelines – diversification into non-traditional businesses
Steptoe Diversification is not without risks. Energy companies seeking to diversify their business model may face significant regulatory, transactional and litigation challenges.
Power finance in a new normal for wildfires
Hunton As the landscape has changed, issuers are well-advised to monitor developments in the industry, including with respect to disclosure, due diligence, mitigation efforts and when wildfires do occur, cost recovery.
Alternative fuels – a transition from fossil fuels
CMS Transition fuels will assist with reaching ‘net zero’, though not on their own; they are not a panacea. They do, however, play an important part in allowing for a transition which accounts for energy security and economic growth.
Nuclear: all the rage for big tech
Pillsbury Law Toward the tail end of 2024, we saw technology companies identify nuclear as a potentially ideal way to square the circle of needing ever more electricity. However, is there even further hidden value in having this new base of deep-pocketed potential investor-customers?
The contemporary minefield of ESG reporting
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP Although most ESG reporting is still voluntary, mandatory reporting of certain information is on the horizon. Accordingly, Canadian companies need to understand the risks of voluntary reporting.
CONTRIBUTORS
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
CMS
Dentons
Hunton
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Pillsbury Law
Squire Patton Boggs
Steptoe