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In Continental Resources, Inc. v. North Dakota Board of University and School Lands, the Eighth Circuit resolved a dispute between North Dakota and the United States over entitlement to royalties from minerals extracted from beneath Lake Sakakawea, and ruled in favor of the State of North Dakota. 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 10619 (8th Cir. 2025). When North Dakota was admitted…
Last week, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) adopted amendments to New Mexico’s Community Solar Rule (17.9.573 NMAC) that will bring significant developments to the state’s solar energy landscape. Importantly, the PRC raised the statewide solar capacity cap from 200 MW to 500 MW, authorizing an additional 300 MW to New Mexico’s Community Solar program cap effective November 1,…
Changes are coming to the statutory pooling process in Colorado. Senate Bill 24-185 (SB24-185), which was signed into law on May 22, 2024, expands protections for and grants additional rights to unleased mineral interest owners and local governments in Colorado. Under current law, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) may, in the absence of voluntary pooling, enter an…
This week marks the end of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and the beginning of the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC). Senate Bill 2023-285, which was signed into law May 22, 2023, expands the Commission’s regulatory authority beyond oil and gas development to include deep geothermal energy production (geothermal resources more than 2,500 feet below surface),…
Beatty & Wozniak, a dynamic and expanding energy law firm, is recruiting oil and gas attorneys for our Santa Fe, New Mexico Office who are passionate about the industry and seeking to work with some of the world’s top energy companies. Our firm focuses on domestic energy development (conventional, renewable and emerging technologies), with many clients in the upstream and…
After August 10, 2022, Colorado employers have a more limited range of options to negotiate Non-Compete Agreements with workers or prospective workers. In addition, the new legislation requires employers to provide additional notice. Failure to comply with these new requirements renders an agreement void and unenforceable. The revised statute, HB 22-1317 was signed into law by Governor Polis on June…