Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The era of renewable energy is knocking at the door. In this year’s edition of World Energy Outlook , the International Energy Agency showed that with the rapid roll out of renewable energy technologies, the demand for fossil fuels – gas, coal and oil – will peak this decade. This is a big deal.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations , published in the Federal Register Dec. 26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the same time, PJM reported it has approved at least 35,000 MW of renewable energy generation that have not yet been connected to the electric grid throughout its operating region. PJM said in July 95% of the 260,000 MW of electricity projects in its project queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both.

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Cresforum

AUGUST 2, 2021

Considering recent summer and winter weather-induced blackouts, accomplishing this critical goal while reducing carbon emissions and maintaining affordable electricity prices is challenging states, regulators, investor-owned utilities, and retail power providers alike. Pat Wood III | CEO, Hunt Energy Network & former FERC Chairman.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The General Assembly has yet to answer the question of how to help communities and workers caught in the market-driven transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. The auction of credits under the program is expected to generate an estimated $300 million annually to be invested in energy-related programs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

The planning process is supported by EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which offers a unique opportunity to help state and local governments develop strategies to reduce harmful pollution and address environmental justice concerns, while building the infrastructure, industry, and competitive economy for a clean energy future.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations on the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act. clean hydrogen industry. The proposed regulations advance those goals and will support the development of a robust U.S. On December 22, the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Premier Smith also spent $8 million on an ad campaign designed to spread misinformation about clean electricity. Premier Smith has attacked clean energy in her own province of Alberta. Her decision to impose a moratorium on renewable energy faced widespread opposition across the province, given its impact on the economy.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

She said to address these challenges, she is inviting her Senate colleagues to co-sponsor legislation to invest the proceeds from the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 The science is clear.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

Climate action in Canada needs to increase in pace and in its ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With upcoming federal policies such as the oil and gas emissions cap and the clean electricity regulations, the Government of Canada has an opportunity to do just that, but only if those policies are ambitious enough.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Under PACER, 70% of the revenue will be directed back to Pennsylvania residents as a rebate on their electric bill – more than any other cap-and-invest program in the nation – resulting in long-term, price relief on energy costs. Pennsylvania is 45th in the nation in terms of investing in clean energy sources like wind, solar, and hydropower.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities. The IRA allocates significant funding for both new and existing federal grant programs.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Hydrogen’s supply-side has been buttressed by incentives from state and federal governments, refineries and utilities looking to extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure, and renewable energy companies seeking to take advantage of the huge amounts of clean energy needed to produce green hydrogen.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. In short, past Energy Futures have modelled climate failure.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Energy use accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions. These facts make energy law central to one of the biggest issues now facing humanity. At the center of traditional utility regulation was a system of price control intended to protect consumers from monopoly prices. Climate change.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

To decarbonize our energy system, electrify transportation and buildings, and drastically reduce our contribution to climate change, we’ll need to develop and deploy significant wind, solar, and other renewable energy generating facilities as quickly as possible. One in particular is the state of our electric grid.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2023

The CLCPA—New York’s ambitious climate law signed in 2019—called on the CAC to issue a plan for the achievement of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. In addition to the 129 recommendations for new legislation or regulation, the Plan includes hundreds of recommendations for the development of new policy initiatives and programs.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

have long demonstrated leadership on climate change, with more than 170 of them having set targets to phase out fossil energy and many others committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. With respect to utility-scale renewable energy, local legal considerations include the state energy regulatory framework for power purchases.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2023

A major bottleneck in the deployment of renewable energy systems is the lack of adequate transmission capacity. Department of Energy, the United States will “need to expand transmission systems by 60% by 2030 and may need to triple those systems by 2050” to meet growing demand for clean energy.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Boyd also leads the Ph.D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Henry Hub is the national benchmark for wholesale gas prices (Source: US Energy Information Administration ). There are examples from across the country.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Low-income families and renters are hit the hardest as they haven’t had access to government support to access cheaper renewable energy or heat pumps, which dramatically cut home heating and cooling costs. Fossil fuel price volatilities continue year-round, and energy prices are unaffordable.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

There is hope that these effects of climate change can be slowed down or even mitigated with drastic changes in our energy sector. The energy sector is one of the biggest polluters when it comes to. greenhouse gas emissions. Today the energy sector accounts for 30% of the carbon dioxide emissions in. Clean Economy Act.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While EVs already result in less greenhouse gas emissions than the gasoline alternative, using these recycled materials substantially lowers impacts associated with material sourcing. Repurposing refers to using the battery in a different application, such as for stationary storage to support renewable energy generation.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. By 2030 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set targets that aim to halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2000 levels.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

European Commission , the City of Paris, the City of Brussels, and the Municipality of Madrid brought an action against the European Commission (EC) challenging a regulation establishing a new procedure for testing the real driving emissions of certain motor vehicles. In Greenpeace v.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

As the business world grapples with demands to combat climate change, the role of commercial buildings in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come into sharp focus. These assessments are repaid over a predetermined period, typically ranging from 10 to 25 years, as a separate line item on the property tax bill.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

On 14 January 2020, a proposal of regulation establishing the Just Transition Fund was published, detailing the rules that should apply to it. - Interestingly enough, article 5 of the proposed regulation sets a list of activities the JTF shall not support and it includes the decommissioning or construction of nuclear power stations.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2022

. -- Blocking Methane Emission Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells: The Environmental Quality Board just finalized a regulation to reduce methane emissions from UNconventional shale gas facilities and they plan to adopt a separate regulation covering conventional oil and gas facilities because it has long been required by the U.S.

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