Welcome to Shepherd and Wedderburn's Energy E-Bulletin. In this month's edition, we review the EMR Technical Update Paper recently published by DECC; we discuss the challenges faced by offshore developers as a result of National Grid’s increasing preference for making integrated connection offers; we provide an update on DECC’s appeal against the High Court’s judgement allowing campaigners to seek judicial review of DECC’s emergency consultation which proposed cutting the feed-in tariff for solar PV; and finally we give our key observations on Defra's long-awaited “Water for Life” White Paper.