# subsidies (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover subsidies. Page: Feed: --- ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – Aug 17, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-aug-17) _2026-08-17 · Charles Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ A 10-minute nonpartisan rundown of key domestic and global developments ## [Belatedly Released State Document Suggests Subsidies Would Exceed $700M; Deadlines of 2037/39 for 1st Block and 2040/42 (!?) for 2nd Block Have Escape Hatches](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/belatedly-released-state-document) _2026-08-16 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ If the smaller first block needs $350M, a $700M total wouldn't be enough. NYS admits second platform block not yet viable. Affordable housing conforms to plans disclosed. ## [The Week in Energy — 15 August 2026](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-week-in-energy-15-august-2026) _2026-08-15 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ The week the state found three new places to put the price of its energy policy — and none of them is a cut. ## ["Art on the Hour" at the Arena Oculus: a Curious Juxtaposition With Digital Advertising](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/art-on-the-hour-at-the-arena-oculus) _2026-08-13 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ The works vary significantly in style and quality. At BAM, a separate project: a film fest from Spike Lee and Clara Wu Tsai. ## [Doing your bit in the dark](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/doing-your-bit-in-the-dark) _2026-08-12 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ The moon is now a load-management event. ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – Aug 10, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-aug-10) _2026-08-10 · Charles Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ A 10-minute rundown of key domestic and global developments ## [Behind the Lull, Much Is Percolating: MOU, Financial Analysis, Draft Scope for the Environmental Review](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/behind-the-lull-much-is-percolating) _2026-08-10 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Developer Cirrus's lobbying includes a stepped-up contract for crunch time, plus outreach to clergy (via AG Tish James!). YIMBY Mayor Mamdani's on board. ## [The birth of a new Chicago housing typology: Five-story infill (or the III-5)](https://daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-birth-of-a-new-chicago-housing-typology-five-story-infill-or-the-iii-5/) _2026-08-09 · Daniel Kay Hertz · Daniel Kay Hertz_ Last fall, I wrote a piece I had been rolling around in my head for quite some time, about the rise and fall and rise of moderate-density apartment buildings in Chicago. It essentially made the case that a middle-ground of density—between three-flats and high-rises& ## [The Week in Energy — 8 August 2026](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-week-in-energy-8-august-2026) _2026-08-08 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ The week ‘consumer-led flexibility’ came to mean a licence to switch your appliances off. ## [The Brooklyn Nets & NY Liberty Foundation: More Transparent than the Tsais' Social Justice Fund](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/the-brooklyn-nets-and-ny-liberty) _2026-08-07 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Some spending bolsters arena allies, some to national causes. Some goes to local Jewish groups. How could the (phantom) Tsai Foundation give $2M to the teams' foundation? ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SpwUJ7gk6W8v) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [The 2005 Atlantic Yards MOU Was Announced by the Governor & Released to Face Scrutiny](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/the-2005-atlantic-yards-mou-was-announced) _2026-08-04 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ So, why the secrecy about the project's latest Memorandum of Understanding, outlining timetables, subsidies, and more? ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – Aug 3, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-aug-3-2026) _2026-08-04 · Charles Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ Senate stopgap funding measure aims to avert October 1 shutdown, unless… ## [The hack-trick of football judgments and Article 101(1) TFEU (I): first thoughts](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/07/31/the-hack-trick-of-football-judgments-and-article-1011-tfeu-i-first-thoughts/) _2026-07-31 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The Court of Justice has recently delivered three consequential judgments, from a competition law perspective, revolving around the regulation of football. Tondela came in April, followed by ROGON and RRC Sports in July. There is a great deal to unpack in these judgments, and many (or most) of the issues require a dedicated post. This \[ \] ## [CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Rubén Perea Writing Award 2027](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/07/30/call-for-submissions-ruben-perea-writing-award-2027/) _2026-07-30 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ This blog is proud to celebrate the memory of the late Rubén Perea, a bright and most promising lawyer who left us all too soon. As we have done every year since 2020, we are launching a call for submissions to the new edition of the Writing Award created in his honour. The spirit of \[ \] ## [How Much Money Does Cirrus Workforce Housing Have, and How Long Will it Last?](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/how-much-money-does-cirrus-workforce) _2026-07-30 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Cirrus has raised just $137.7M toward a $400M goal. It has some big expenditures, but also $175M in public funds. Also, NY State has signed an MOU with Cirrus but won't make it public. ## [Flying Blind](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/flying-blind) _2026-07-29 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ Britain’s 2050 electricity system has been modelled, costed and legislated around. Nobody has tested whether it runs. It doesn't. ## [Is Atlantic Yards, As Per Gov. Hochul, an "Affordable Housing Development"? Not Really.](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/is-atlantic-yards-as-per-gov-hochul) _2026-07-28 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Would there be 40% more below-market units, as per the developer? Nope. Flashback: Greenland's road not taken promised more affordable units, sooner. ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – July 27, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-july-27) _2026-07-28 · Charles Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ Trillions Weekly is back, with two upgrades. ## [The Week in Energy — 25 July 2026](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-week-in-energy-25-july-2026) _2026-07-25 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ £45 off your bill. Nothing off the cost. — A VAT cut that moves money from your bill to your taxes, a storage programme still 'being demonstrated', and a flexibility case DESNZ admits it can't price. ## [The Brooklyn Nets, Social Justice, and (Exiting) Sponsor Qatar Airways, from a Repressive Regime](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/the-brooklyn-nets-social-justice) _2026-07-25 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Qatar's made a #sportswashing push worldwide, though it will lose its club at Barclays. Neighboring United Arab Emirates, with even uglier baggage, is entwined with the NBA and the Knicks. ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8zSrmKmjYHX4) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Article 102 TFEU and the Android judgment (I): understanding the law of the exceptional (and the exceptional within the exceptional)](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/07/23/article-102-tfeu-and-the-android-judgment-i-understanding-the-law-of-the-exceptional-and-the-exceptional-within-the-exceptional/) _2026-07-23 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The judgment of the Court of Justice in Android, delivered earlier this month, is one of the most consequential of, at least, the past decade. It builds on some aspects at which the Court already hinted in Google Shopping, all while introducing several of innovations and clarifications. There will be no shortage of discussions and \[ \] ## [At the Barclays Center, an Anniversary Image Claims Brooklyn Centrality](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/at-the-barclays-center-an-anniversary) _2026-07-21 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Is the arena the lodestone around which other borough icons radiate? ## [Who Investigates the Investigators?](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/who-investigates-the-investigators) _2026-07-20 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ On 23 June, the grid ran hotter than any official statement has admitted. The body now investigating itself is the one that ran it. ## [NEW PAPER | Disinformation about green technologies as a restriction of competition](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/07/17/new-paper-disinformation-about-green-technologies-as-a-restriction-of-competition/) _2026-07-17 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ I have just uploaded on SSRN a new paper of mine (available here) entitled Disinformation about green technologies as a restriction of competition . A presentation of the paper delivered to my colleagues at LSE Law School can be found here. In spite of the staggering progress of green technologies across a number of sectors (including \[ \] ## [At Atlantic Yards Town Hall, Talk of Progress, but Some Big Questions Face Distraction, Distortion, and Deflection](https://normanoder.substack.com/p/at-atlantic-yards-town-hall-talk) _2026-07-16 · Norman Oder · Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)_ Developers claim density is in context, avoid open space question, and overstate increase in affordability. ESD still waffles on accountability. ## [Herroepingsrecht bij online aankopen: wanneer mag je iets terugsturen en wanneer niet?](https://rechtenkrant.be/herroepingsrecht-bij-online-aankopen-wanneer-mag-je-iets-terugsturen-en-wanneer-niet/) _2026-07-16 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Afbeelding: Pixabay Online winkelen is voor de meeste Belgen intussen een vanzelfsprekendheid geworden. Kleren, elektronica, huishoudtoestellen: alles bestellen we tegenwoordig met een paar klikken, zonder de deur uit te moeten. Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat ondertussen zo’n driekwart van de Belgen wel eens online shopt, en dat aandeel blijft jaar na jaar toenemen. Wie regelmatig \[…\] ## [The £92 Billion Scheme Nobody Remembers](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-92-billion-scheme-nobody-remembers) _2026-07-15 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ Part three of a weekly series taking the UK’s energy subsidies apart, one scheme at a time, using the Subsidy Clock. This week: the Renewables Obligation — the biggest bill of all. ## [‘Cheaper Than Gas’, Until You Build It](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/cheaper-than-gas-until-you-build) _2026-07-08 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ Part two of a weekly series taking the UK’s energy subsidies apart, one scheme at a time, using the Subsidy Clock. This week: Contracts for Difference. ## [The end of "studies show"](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-end-of-studies-show) _2026-07-05 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ I've built a deterministic simulator of the British electricity system. It replays the last forty years of real weather, half-hour by half-hour, against any grid you care to describe. ## [Why Britain Switches Off Its Wind Farms](https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/why-britain-switches-off-its-wind) _2026-07-01 · Richard Lyon · The State of Britain by Richard Lyon_ Part one of a weekly series taking the UK's energy subsidies apart, one scheme at a time, using the Subsidy Clock. We begin with the strangest of them: the money we pay wind farms to stop generating. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qT3eBzdBpqLU) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [OUT TODAY (finally!): The New Law of State aid and Subsidies](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/04/16/out-today-finally-the-new-law-of-state-aid-and-subsidies/) _2026-04-16 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The New Law of State Aid and Subsidies is (finally!) coming out today with Hart Publishing (with a 20% discount if you purchase it via the publisher using this flyer). As those who know me are aware, I have long been interested in State aid and subsidy regulation. With all the changes that the discipline \[ \] ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – March 5, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-march-5) _2026-03-05 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ SENATE REJECTS IRAN WITHDRAWAL RESOLUTION; NO PROGRESS ON DHS SHUTDOWN; FY 2027 BUDGET RELEASE MARCH 30; SECOND RECONCILIATION BILL; ECONOMIC, DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ## [Update: TRILLIONS Weekly - Feb 25, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/update-trillions-weekly-feb-25-2026) _2026-02-26 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ A 7-Minute Fact Check of President Trump's false and misleading claims during the State of the Union Address. ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – Feb 23, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-feb-23) _2026-02-23 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ POSSIBLE IRAN STRIKE LOOMS; SCOTUS INVALIDATES TRUMP TARIFFS BUT NEW TARIFFS ALREADY IMPOSED; DHS SHUTDOWN CONTINUES; VOTER ID BILL COULD GRIND SENATE TO A HALT; WEEK IN REVIEW ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly – Feb 17, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-feb-17) _2026-02-18 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ DHS SHUTDOWN CONTINUES – HITTING TSA, FEMA, COAST GUARD; THE ECONOMY, TARIFFS & AI; MAJOR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS ## [TRILLIONS National Weekly - Feb. 11, 2026](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/trillions-national-weekly-feb-11) _2026-02-12 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ CBO Releases Budget & Economic Outlook Showing Worsening Deficits; DHS Shutdown Likely Friday midnight; Insider’s Report on Major Developments ## [Upcoming events: Luxembourg (LCEL, 26th February) and Brussels (European Commission, 5th March)](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/02/10/upcoming-events-luxembourg-lcel-26th-february-and-brussels-european-commission-5th-march/) _2026-02-10 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The Luxembourg Centre for European Law and the Association of European Competition Law Judges have jointly organised a seminar on self-preferencing that will take place in Luxembourg on 26th February. More information on the event and on how to register can be found here. The speakers are Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei (Court of Justice), Professor Walid \[ \] ## [What Lukoil means for the refusal to deal doctrines](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/02/05/what-lukoil-means-for-the-refusal-to-deal-doctrines/) _2026-02-05 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Lukoil as 2025 was coming to an end. It was the second case in the year that engaged head on with the conditions set out in Magill and Bronner. It may be true that this judgment is not as consequential as the one in Android Auto for \[ \] ## [Update: House Passes Spending Bill 217-214](https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/p/update-house-passes-spending-bill) _2026-02-03 · Charles Steven Konigsberg · TrillionsWeekly.Com_ Clearing it for the President and ending the shutdown (upon President’s signature) ## [Why the reluctance to call ‘abuses by object’ by their name is not justified](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/01/22/why-the-reluctance-to-call-abuses-by-object-by-their-name-is-not-justified/) _2026-01-22 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ Last week s post discussed a quintessential example of a by object , namely disparagement strategies. By the end of the entry, I pointed out that, for some reason, there is some reluctance to call a spade a spade or, more precisely, to call abuses by object by their name. A number of potential alternative labels have \[ \] ## [What the disparagement cases tell us about abuses by object (and the forthcoming Guidelines)](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/01/15/what-the-disparagement-cases-tell-us-about-abuses-by-object-and-the-forthcoming-guidelines/) _2026-01-15 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ I have spent the past few weeks (re-)reading in detail the case law and administrative practice on disparagement and related issues, including landmark rulings such as (the other) Hoffmann-La Roche and AstraZeneca. The Commission decision in Teva-Copaxone is a fascinating read that builds on the extensive experience acquired at the national level (see here for \[ \] ## [Geleidelijke verhoging van loopbaanvoorwaarden](https://rechtenkrant.be/geleidelijke-verhoging-van-loopbaanvoorwaarden/) _2026-01-15 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Sinds 1 januari 2026 gelden nieuwe voorwaarden om een onderbrekingsuitkering te krijgen in het kader van het eindeloopbaantijdskrediet. De regering zet daarmee een beleidsmaatregel uit het akkoord 2025-2029 om, met de bedoeling werknemers langer aan het werk te houden zonder de haalbaarheid uit het oog te verliezen. Het koninklijk besluit van 5 september 2025 wijzigt \[…\] ## [LSE Short Course on State Aid and Subsidy Regulation (Feb 2026 edition)](https://chillingcompetition.com/2026/01/09/lse-short-course-on-state-aid-and-subsidy-regulation-feb-2026-edition/) _2026-01-09 · Pablo Ibanez Colomo · Chillin'Competition_ The new edition of the LSE Short Course on State Aid and Subsidies Regulation will be organised, again, in February of this year. I really look forward to it, as it comes at a time when major developments are reshaping the discipline in fundamental ways (so fundamental, in fact, that they inspired me to write a whole \[ \] ## [Europa moderniseert het rijbewijs: digitaal en grensoverschrijdend](https://rechtenkrant.be/europa-moderniseert-het-rijbewijs-digitaal-en-grensoverschrijdend/) _2026-01-01 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Europa heeft een nieuwe rijbewijsrichtlijn goedgekeurd die het bestaande systeem grondig wijzigt. De bedoeling is de verkeersveiligheid te verhogen, het rijbewijs te moderniseren en de regels in alle lidstaten beter op elkaar af te stemmen. De hervorming introduceert onder meer een digitaal rijbewijs, aangepaste opleidingseisen voor beginnende bestuurders en een striktere aanpak van… ## [Mijn VerbouwPremie wijzigt vanaf 1 maart 2026: wat verandert er precies?](https://rechtenkrant.be/mijn-verbouwpremie-wijzigt-vanaf-1-maart-2026-wat-verandert-er-precies/) _2025-12-15 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ De Vlaamse Regering kondigde in de septemberverklaring van 2025 een belangrijke hervorming aan van Mijn VerbouwPremie, het centrale premiesysteem voor renovatie- en energiewerken aan gebouwen. Op 24 oktober 2025 werd de hervorming al principieel goedgekeurd. De nieuwe regels gaan in op 1 maart 2026. Tot en met 28 februari 2026 blijven de huidige voorwaarden van \[…\] ## [Nieuwe regels voor opzegtermijnen vanaf 2026: wat verandert er precies?](https://rechtenkrant.be/nieuwe-regels-voor-opzegtermijnen-vanaf-2026-wat-verandert-er-precies/) _2025-12-01 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ In het Zomerakkoord van juli 2025 kondigde de federale regering een reeks hervormingen in het arbeidsrecht aan. Een van de opvallendste maatregelen is de geplande aanpassing van de opzegtermijnen bij ontslag door de werkgever. De wijziging geldt voor arbeidsovereenkomsten die worden afgesloten vanaf 1 januari 2026. Hieronder lees je wat er verandert en wat dat \[…\] ## [Nieuwe Europese aanbestedingsdrempels vanaf 2026: iets lagere plafonds voor overheden](https://rechtenkrant.be/nieuwe-europese-aanbestedingsdrempels-vanaf-2026-iets-lagere-plafonds-voor-overheden/) _2025-11-15 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ De Europese Commissie heeft de drempelbedragen vastgelegd die bepalen wanneer overheidsopdrachten verplicht op Europees niveau moeten worden aanbesteed. De nieuwe waarden gelden voor de periode 2026–2027 en treden in werking op 1 januari 2026. Overheden die opdrachten uitschrijven voor werken, leveringen of diensten moeten vanaf dat moment rekening houden met de verlaagde bedragen. Drempels voor… ## [Grondwettelijk Hof vernietigt wet over de samenlevingsdienst](https://rechtenkrant.be/grondwettelijk-hof-vernietigt-wet-over-de-samenlevingsdienst/) _2025-11-01 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 23 oktober 2025 de federale wet van 15 mei 2024 tot invoering van een Samenlevingsdienst volledig vernietigd. Volgens het Hof ging de federale wetgever met deze regeling zijn bevoegdheden te buiten. De wet was bedoeld om jongvolwassenen tussen 18 en 25 jaar de kans te geven zich gedurende enkele maanden \[…\] ## [Nieuwe rangorde bepaalt wie vergoeding krijgt bij overleg in de Vlaamse Sociale Bescherming](https://rechtenkrant.be/nieuwe-rangorde-bepaalt-wie-vergoeding-krijgt-bij-overleg-in-de-vlaamse-sociale-bescherming/) _2025-10-25 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Binnen de Vlaamse Sociale Bescherming (VSB) werken zorgverleners vaak samen in een zogenaamd multidisciplinair overleg, kortweg MDO. Dat is een overlegmoment waarbij verschillende hulpverleners het zorgplan van één patiënt of cliënt bespreken. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan een huisarts, thuisverpleegkundige, kinesitherapeut en maatschappelijk werker die samen afstemmen hoe ze iemand het best kunnen… ## [Europees Hof van Justitie: huisdier op vliegtuig is bagage](https://rechtenkrant.be/europees-hof-van-justitie-huisdier-op-vliegtuig-is-bagage/) _2025-10-18 · Lorenzo Risack · Rechtenkrant_ Het Europees Hof van Justitie heeft in oktober 2025 een opvallende uitspraak gedaan over het vervoer van huisdieren per vliegtuig. Volgens het Hof vallen huisdieren die meereizen met hun eigenaar onder het begrip bagage. Dat betekent dat bij verlies of schade dezelfde aansprakelijkheidsregels gelden als voor koffers en andere ingecheckte bezittingen. De uitspraak kwam er \[…\]