BWJ LLPApr 3, 20201 minBWJ Conducts COVID-19 SeminarA seminar on Families First Coronavirus Response Act and CARES Act was held on April 1 by Blankenau Wilmoth Jarecke LLP. Here is a link...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 14, 20192 minThe Trump Administration New Definition for WOTUSIn the latest chapter of a decades-long fight, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 15 ended its period for comment on a...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 14, 20192 minThe Mississippi v Tennessee Groundwater Dispute Goes to HearingIs the Sparta-Memphis Aquifer an interstate resource? That will be the question before Special Master Eugene Siler, Jr. when he hears...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 14, 20192 minThe Breach of Spencer Dam and Its Water RightsAt about five o’clock in the morning on March 14, a wall of water eleven-feet high breached Spencer Dam, crumbling the dam’s structure...
Jennifer HeywoodJul 16, 20181 minSolar Investment Tax CreditIn 2015, Congress passed a law providing a 30% investment tax credit for solar developers. Since then, there has been much confusion...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 30, 20182 min2018 Farm Bill—Implications on Rural Broadband InternetThe 2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act (commonly referred to as the “Farm Bill”), a $489 billion piece of legislation which aims to fund...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 23, 20181 minUpdate: Retail Electric Rates in Deregulated StatesThe American Public Power Association authored a recent report regarding titled retail electric prices comparing rates in states with...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 11, 20181 minRequired Solar for All New Homes in CaliforniaThe California Energy Commission approved the 2019 Building Energy Code on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, requiring renewable energy access for...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 10, 20181 minDOE Pushes for Upgrades to Electric VehiclesThe Department of Energy has announced a new multi-million (nearly $70M) dollar research and development grant program aimed at achieving...
Jennifer HeywoodMay 7, 20181 minDrones Beyond Line of SightFor the first time in the utility industry the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given authorization to a utility company to...
Jennifer HeywoodFeb 23, 20182 minColorado to Pay Nebraska $4M in Republican River SettlementThe following article was produced by GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press and is copied in full herein. The State of Nebraska was represented...
Jennifer HeywoodJan 7, 20181 minAgencies Move to Rescind Obama’s WOTUS RuleOn June 27, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed to rescind current Clean Water Act rules and...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 11, 20171 minTrump Reverses Obama’s Course on Climate ChangeOn March 28, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. The Order rolls back...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 10, 20171 minAgencies Move to Rescind Obama’s WOTUS RuleOn June 27, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed to rescind current Clean Water Act rules and...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 9, 20172 minBWJ Water Lawyers Assist N-CORPEOn April 7, 2017, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued its decision in Estermann v. Bose et al., 296 Neb. 228, ___N.W.2d___(2017). The case...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 8, 20172 minChanges to the EPA and the Clean Water ActFollowing the inauguration of President Trump, a flurry of orders have made their way across the oval office desk. Thus far Trump’s...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 7, 20172 minThurston County Court Dismisses Drainage Suit for Lack of ProofThe Thurston County District Court has dismissed upstream landowners’ suit against a downstream landowner and Thurston County. Plaintiffs...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 7, 20172 minBWJ Water Lawyers Assist Natural Resources Districts with Niobrara RiverAfter months of negotiations, three Nebraska political subdivisions announce they had reached agreement on the transfer of the...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 7, 20172 minEPA and Corps Publish New Rules for Waters of the United StatesWhile it has been years in the making, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today published the...
Jennifer HeywoodNov 7, 20172 minLincoln Journal Star Editorial on Republican River lawsuit decisionEditorial, 3/2: Ruling bodes well for future March 01, 2015 11:59 pm • By the Journal Star editorial board The ruling handed down last...