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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

The IGFC has been described as unprecedented—but just what is new about this rate reform and how new is it? The trend dates to a 2013 Edison Electric Institute report highlighting the disruptive challenges of distributed resources and recommending that utilities impose higher fixed charges.

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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

But, as noted in a 2021 National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report , key questions remain about their efficacy, benefits, and risks. As previously reported on this blog, ocean CDR research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place.

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The energy transition is already happening, and it’s being led by our Indigenous communities

Enviromental Defense

The pipeline owner – Plains Midstream Canada ULC – later faced three charges under provincial law. There was lots of talk about a ‘transition’ at that time, but I didn’t know of anyone implementing it. In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition.

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Texas Supreme Court Rules on Correction Deeds in a Case of First Impression

Energy & the Law

What if they don’t seek your approval and don’t even bother to tell you about the fix? 2013: Broadway Bank, John, and the original grantees of the 2005 deed execute a second correction deed, again attempting to change the fee interest to a life estate. The probate court declares the 2013 correction deed valid. John dies.

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The Global Methane Pledge

Legal Planet

I have written before about the importance of taking action quickly to reduce and eliminate methane emissions, including here. California’s 2016 law, SB 1383 , requires a 40 percent reduction from 2013 levels, which is comparable to the 30 percent reduction from 2020 levels identified in the Global Methane Pledge.

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Governor Newsom’s CEQA Bills Could Be a Modest Step in the Wrong Direction

Legal Planet

Just last week, Governor Newsom signed an amended version of this package into law, with the CEQA bills passing through largely untouched. Notably, environmental groups were pleased to see the “Fully Protected Species Trailer Bill,” which our Deputy Director Julia Stein wrote about back in May , receive significant amendments).

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