The Nickel Report

On October 1, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a direct final rule inserting a conditional sunset date into certain regulations in response to Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy.”

On September 29, 2025, the White House Council on Environmental Quality issued key guidance to federal agencies on implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act.

On September 30, 2025, the D.C. Circuit recognized, for the first time, that its controversial Sabal Trail decision was abrogated by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.