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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

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vetoed an increase in the State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard that would have resulted in higher electricity prices across the State. The legislation has been characterized as a “tax increase” to be levied upon every electricity ratepayer in Maryland. of their total electric supply into Maryland.

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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

vetoed an increase in the State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard that would have resulted in higher electricity prices across the State. The legislation has been characterized as a “tax increase” to be levied upon every electricity ratepayer in Maryland. of their total electric supply into Maryland. This includes 12.7%

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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A ccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), based on current policy settings and economic trends, electricity generation from renewables, including hydropower, wind and solar PV, is on track to grow by 8 percent in 2021 and by more than 6 percent in 2022. as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

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California has been a leader in adopting stringent performance requirements for buildings resulting in efficiency improvements even greater than those shown above, and sustainability policies adopted in California have historically helped steer the building performance requirements for the rest of the country.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs. The bill provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that at least 500,000 of those trees be planted in underserved areas.

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Homes LEEDing the Way to Sustainability and Resiliency

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Homes LEEDing the Way to Sustainability and Resiliency. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 07:00. Green Building Council's 2020 LEED Homes Awards for single-family residential projects. These are the single-family homes USGBC deemed outstanding in 2020. More 2020 LEED Homes Awards winners: Outstanding affordable projects.

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The Wild West of Solar Renewable Energy Credits

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Maryland''s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard law , originally enacted in 2004 and revised almost every year since, requires all electricity utilities use renewable energy sources to generate a minimum portion of their sales. Currently being phased in, the law requires that 2% of the energy come from solar-photovoltaic by 2020.

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