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Energy Efficiency
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Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Mark Sylvia Speaks Regarding Commonwealth’s Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Mark Sylvia appeared on Friday, February 15, at an electricity restructuring roundtable that convened in Boston to explore the state of energy efficiency…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Launches Regional Energy Efficiency Database
The Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) this week launched the Regional Energy Efficiency Database (REED). REED currently includes 2011 energy efficiency data from the following jurisdictions: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New…
Science, Law & the Environment
The Seattle 2012 Energy Code – Part 1
Grinding Out the Ground Game of Energy Efficiency Back in October of 2011 the Seattle City Council passed a resolution “committing” the City to become a zero-net greenhouse gas emitter…
Energy Business Law
CPUC Orders On-Bill Repayment For Energy Efficiency and Other Demand-Side Projects
by Thomas L. Hefty The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently ordered California investor-owned utilities (IOU) to implement on-bill repayment (OBR) programs by the end of the first quarter of…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
Boston’s E+ Building Program Gets Off the Ground
As reported here, the City of Boston, after conducting a design contest dubbed the E+ Green Building Program, selected three firms to design and build ten "energy-positive homes" on city land, which will…
Renewable + Law
Upcoming Energy Efficiency Conference in Portland
The Citizens Utility Board (CUB), in partnership with the Univeristy of Oregon School of Law, will be presenting its 2nd Annual Policy conference on Energy Efficiency: The Next Generation on Friday,…
Smart Grid Legal News
A Fun Way to Energize Your Fall
By Linda Evers
Football, beautiful colors and that crisp but not too cold air that kills the source of my allergies are just a few of the reasons October is my favorite month.…
Renewable + Law
White House Executive Order calls for 40 GW of new CHP capacity by 2020
Last week the White House issued an Executive Order calling for 40 GW of new CHP capacity by 2020: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/30/executive-order-accelerating-investment-industrial-energy-efficiency The Executive Order on Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency…
Land Use Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit holds Washington’s energy efficiency regs not preempted by EPCA
Those interested in green building issues will want to check out a June 25, 2012, Ninth Circuit decision, Building Industry Association of Washington v. Washington State Building Code Council, Case…
Focus on Regulation
EU Agrees to First Energy Efficiency Directive
Authored by Christopher Norton and Camilla Shires, Hogan Lovells London Office Against a background of growing dependency on energy imports and the recognition that the EU is currently not on…