Topic
Energy Efficiency
275 published works
Washington Energy Report
FERC Reaffirms Jurisdiction over Wholesale EERs and Accepts PJM EER-Related Tariff Filing
By Adrienne Thompson, Jasmine Hites
In two orders concurrently issued on April 17, 2018, FERC reaffirmed its jurisdiction over the participation of energy efficiency resources (“EERs”) in wholesale electricity markets and accepted an EER-related tariff…
The CPA Desk
How Home Upgrade Can Improve Health and Energy Consumption
By PKF Texas
https://youtu.be/QWOrFnvFrLk Russ: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Russ Capper. This week’s guest host, and I’m coming to you from the Gulf Coast Regional Family Forum. I’m very pleased…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Automated Electric Taxis Deliver Environmental Benefits through Energy Efficiency
Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) researchers recently studied and built data from more than 10 million taxi trips, and…
China Law Insight
Q&A: Climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency
By King & Wood
By Wu Qing King & Wood Mallesons' Commercial & Regulatory group 金杜律师事务所作为Thomson Reuters环境法板块中国地区唯一合作律所，2016、2017、2018连续三年为其提供 “Environmental law and practice in China: overview”（下称“Q&A Guide”）。Q&A Guide是一份专门针对中国环境法律的指引，提供了对中国环境法律的高度概览，并且介绍了主要的环境实务问题，包括大气和水污染物排放，环境影响评价，固体废物和危险废物，土壤污染，以及交易中的环境问题等。金杜律师事务所每年都会结合最新出台的环境法律及环境监管趋势等内容，对Q&A Guide作出更新。目前2017/2018年度的Q&A Guide已更新，将以专题形式定期在金杜说法平台进行推送，旨在为企业提供对中国环境法律体系及实务的全方位指引。 1. Are there any national targets or…
Credit Chronometer
PACE Financing in 2018: Against the Wind
By Joseph Cioffi, H. Seiji Newman
Whether or not you believe in global warming, the recent frequency of severe climate-related events – from mudslides to bomb cyclone snowstorms – suggests Thomas Friedman had it right years…
Global Policy Watch
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – January 12, 2018
Summary Next week, there will be a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Several significant debates, votes and committee meetings will take place. On Monday, Members of…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Claims Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Energy Efficiency Resources in Wholesale Electricity Markets
By Meghan Mandel, Daniel Archuleta
On December 1, 2017, FERC concluded that it has exclusive jurisdiction over the participation of energy efficiency resources (“EERs”) in wholesale electricity markets. FERC also found that: (1) state or…
Tax Equity Times
Connecticut Makes Favorable Changes to its Commercial PACE Financing Program
On July 11, 2017, the Connecticut General Assembly enacted H.B. 7208 (“Revised C-PACE Statute”) to make several minor changes to the existing statute governing the State’s commercial property assessed clean…
Consumer Protection Connection
11 States Sue Department of Energy over Inaction on Efficiency Standards
By Sheila Millar, Jean-Cyril Walker
Eleven states, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and including the city of New York, a Pennsylvania regulator, and three nonprofit groups, have jointly filed…
Green Building Law Update
PACE in Maryland is Not Keeping Pace
In 2008 I said Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans “could be bigger than anything in U.S. real estate since the invention of the glass window.” But today, despite Maryland…