Significant Shifts and Power Dynamics: Priorities and Prospects for U.S. and International Energy Efforts in the Coming Year

Topics include:

• an overview of early Trump administration actions and outlook for changes from the Biden administration.
• highlights of the current U.S. outlook for nuclear energy and the impacts of data center and AI deployment.
• recent changes in U.S. law that expand foreign investment opportunities in nuclear energy; and
• highlights of fusion deployment in the United States.

The Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield, a former presidential appointee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is leader of Pillsbury’s Nuclear Energy Team and co-leader of the firm’s Energy Transition practice. He is widely recognized as an international thought leader on nuclear power and the deployment of complex energy systems for the avoidance of carbon generation.

Vincent Zabielski, recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in the UK for Energy and Natural Resources Law, providing strategic advice related to new-build EPC contracts, power purchase agreements, operation and maintenance, fuel supply chain, liability issues, international treaties, mergers and acquisition, dispute resolution and export controls.

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