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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Energy

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, September 11, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

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This CLE course will examine the legal and regulatory challenges of ensuring energy resilience in data centers, where energy usage is growing exponentially. Critical infrastructure strained by AI power demand, grid instability, and climate-driven outages leads to power interruption, compliance failure, and community opposition. 

Description

The program provides attorneys a comprehensive understanding of energy resilience planning and how it intersects permitting, technology implementation, and risk mitigation.

The panelist will explore the legal frameworks of backup generation technologies such as diesel generators, battery energy storage systems, microgrids, and on-site renewable solutions. Gain familiarity with the regulatory requirements relating to permitting, zoning, emissions, and safety along with sustainability considerations, ESG reporting, disclosure obligations and more.

Listen as our expert panel provides practical guidance on data center energy resilience, including best practices for legal compliance, permitting strategies, and energy planning to ensure operational continuity and sustainability.

Outline

 I. Introduction to data center energy resilience and risks

II. Resilience technologies and energy solutions

A. Diesel/natural gas backup generators

B. Battery energy storage systems (BESS)

C. Participation in utility programs (VPPs, demand response)

D. On-site renewables

E. Microgrids

III. Permitting requirements

A. Emissions permitting (EPA Title V, state environmental permits/regs)

B. Technology standards and testing: NFPA, NEC, etc.

C. Siting/zoning/code/safety considerations

IV. Distributed generation rules and regulations

A. FERC and state PUC rules

B. Interconnection, grid ties, islanding

V. ESG and reporting

A. Sustainability implications of backup energy

B. Offsetting strategies and greenwashing risks

C. SEC and other disclosures

VI. Risk management and litigation

A. Community opposition, NIMBY suits

B. Permit noncompliance enforcement

C. Insurance and indemnity

Benefits

The panel will review these and other important issues:

  • The legal risks and technologies of backup power systems and grid connection
  • Navigating permitting obligations, ESG implications, and disclosure requirements
  • Thinking through insurance gaps, greenwashing risks, and offsetting strategies
  • Preparing for enforcement actions, litigation, and community opposition