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Energy Policy, Regulations & Market Design

Overview

In the ever-evolving energy and environmental markets, change is the one constant. For more than two decades, we have helped you have a voice in the evolution of energy policy, regulations, and market design through drafting legislation, participating in regulatory proceedings, and working with you to develop and demonstrate environmental stewardship in the voluntary environmental markets. We help you anticipate and influence future market developments in present-day policies and investments, with an emphasis on managing risks and identifying opportunities in business and project planning. We help empower communities and energy customers to reduce and manage energy use and get the power and fuel they need through energy commodity purchases, behind-the-meter energy projects, and sales of energy and ancillary services into wholesale markets. We helped form and represent the Microgrid Resources Coalition, a nonprofit consortium of owners, operators, developers, suppliers, and investors that advocates for policies and regulations that support microgrid development. The nation’s leading utilities, industrials, developers, retailers, institutions, and nonprofits, as well as governments, have relied on our support in designing, operating, and participating in these emerging markets.

Insights & Events

Insights
Updates January 2026

EU Deforestation Regulation Reset: Simplified Compliance and Extended Implementation

What the Amended Regulation Means for Scope, Due Diligence, and Timelines
7 min read
Podcast January 2026

Transforming Agriculture and Environmental Markets with Innovation in Green Ammonia and Fertilizer

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
2 min read
Podcast December 2025

Transforming Waste Into Climate Assets and Solutions

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
2 min read
Podcast December 2025

Securing Sustainability: Digitizing Trust and Impact in Carbon Markets

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
2 min read
Updates November 2025

Ninth Circuit Stays Enforcement of SB 261 Climate Financial Risk Reporting While CARB Updates SB 253 Guidance on Carbon Emissions Reporting

Enforcement of SB 261 Stayed Pending Appeal
3 min read
Podcast October 2025

Integrating Carbon Credits and Renewable Energy Certificates in Bundled Solutions

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
1 min read
Updates October 2025

Power and Energy Trends Shaping the Data Center Industry

Proactive Legal and Advocacy Strategies Are Increasingly Critical
6 min read
Updates June 2025

Supreme Court Decides Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA

3 min read
Updates March 2025

EPA Rolls Back Regulations From Climate Change to ‘Waters of the United States’

PFAS and Superfund Do Not Make the List
4 min read
Updates October 2024

New CFTC Guidance Signals Need for Better Understanding of Voluntary Carbon Credits Underlying Derivative Contracts, Warning for Market Players

6 min read