Summary

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on Spain's renewed motion to dismiss the petition to confirm an ICSID arbitration award that was entered against it in an investor-State dispute arising under the Energy Charter Treaty. Spain presently raises only "merits" defenses to confirming the award; it acknowledges that the Court of Appeals' recent decision in NextEra Energy Global Holdings B.V. v. Kingdom of Spain, 112 F.4th 1088 (D.C. Cir. 2024), establishes the Court's jurisdiction. For the reasons below, the Court denies Spain's renewed motion to dismiss and grants the petition to confirm the award.