Babst Calland’s Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group represents energy companies across the country on a variety of matters. Energy clients receive support from our highly focused, multidisciplinary team of energy attorneys that provides a wide range of legal services to clients engaged in the coal, mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy industries.
Babst Calland’s energy attorneys work collaboratively with in-house counsel, executives, and outside advisors to provide timely and cost-effective legal strategy and representation. Our energy clients come to us for our decades of experience on environmental, pipeline and hazardous materials safety, construction, litigation, energy title, transactions, real estate, land use and zoning, emerging technologies, and employment and labor matters.
Babst Calland represents energy companies across the country. We understand each geographic footprint and tailor legal strategies accordingly, with a deep knowledge of state regulation and local jurisdictions. Our attorneys are key advisors on a myriad of issues related to transactions, due diligence, state and federal regulatory matters, local government challenges, lease disputes, royalty interest determinations, and title examination.
As one of the nation’s most respected energy law firms, Babst Calland is a legal and regulatory resource for renewables clients nationwide. Our renewables clients benefit from the firm’s decades of experience throughout the energy space. Our attorneys take a proactive approach, helping clients achieve their business and sustainability objectives while minimizing risk. Our experience allows us to guide your business to maximize opportunities and overcome challenges of the complex and ever-changing patchwork of federal, state, and local incentives and restrictions related to renewables.
Our energy clients are the beneficiaries of Babst Calland’s strong, seasoned, and diverse legal team with the necessary experience to provide well-planned strategy to pre-empt or react to whatever challenges lie ahead, whether the issues revolve around coal, mining, oil or natural gas production, midstream or pipeline operations, renewable project siting, petrochemical processing or petroleum refining, or best business practices applying environmental and energy law and regulations.
PADEP Pilot Program Awarded $14 Million Federal Grant to Test Enhanced Geothermal Systems Model in Natural Gas Wells
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Gina Buchman and Matthew Wood)
On April 14, 2026, the U.S. …
PADEP Announces 400 Orphan and Abandoned Wells Plugged Under Shapiro Administration
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Gina Buchman and Matthew Wood)
On June 10, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced that 400 orphan and abandoned wells have been plugged since Governor Shapiro took office, with more wells plugged in the last three years than in the prior 11 years combined. …
Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Act 13 Impact Fee Revenue Rose 48% in 2025
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Gina Buchman and Matthew Wood)
On June 9, 2026, Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) reported impact fee revenues of $243.9 million for calendar year 2025, a 48% increase from the prior year. …
PADEP Publishes Pennsylvania’s Proposed 2026 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Gina Buchman and Matthew Wood)
On June 20, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) published a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the availability of the 2026 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan (Plan) for public comment. …
PADEP Provides an Update on the OOOOc State Plan
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Gina Buchman and Matthew Wood)
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) provided an update on its OOOOc Final State Plan at the Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Meeting on August 6, 2026. …
Five Babst Calland Attorneys Named as 2027 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”, 49 Selected for Inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America®, and Nine Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Babst Calland is pleased to announce that five lawyers were selected as 2027 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa. and Charleston, W. Va. …
PJM’s Proposal to FERC Targets Data Centers and Other Large Load Customers
Data Center Development Alert
(by Justine Kasznica, Kate Cooper and Peter Landau)
PJM Interconnection (“PJM”) is confronting unprecedented load growth driven by data centers and other large energy users. …
Governor Shapiro Proposes 2026–27 Budget That Includes Standards for Data Center Development
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Matthew Wood and Jordan Brown)
On February 3, 2026, Governor Shapiro announced a 2026–27 budget proposal that includes the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) standards for data center development in Pennsylvania. …
PADEP Presents Updates to EQB on Multiple Pending Oil and Gas Rulemaking Petitions
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Matthew Wood and Jordan Brown)
At the March 10, 2026, Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) meeting, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) offered updates on several pending oil and gas rulemaking petitions. …
PADEP Announces Rescission of Oil and Gas Civil Penalty Technical Guidance Document and Replaces It with Two Civil Penalty Standard Operating Procedures
FNREL Mineral and Energy Law Newsletter
Pennsylvania – Oil & Gas
(By Joseph Reinhart, Sean McGovern, Matthew Wood and Jordan Brown)
On March 28, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) published a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin rescinding its technical guidance document (TGD) on civil penalty assessments in the agency’s Office of Oil and Gas Management. …
