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FERC Decision Puts State Renewable Portfolio Standards At Risk

Green Building Law Update

by directing PJM to expand its current pricing rules at its wholesale electricity auctions, including to take into consideration state mandated rate payer subsidized electric generation by wind and solar.

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Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum

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From community solar installations to a push in some municipalities for all-electric building codes, interest in solar keeps growing. The power comes from 688,360 solar panels across 870 acres just north of town that provide electricity to the entire community. Mixed-Fuel Solutions and All-Electric Codes in Home Building.

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Federal Facilities – Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and Performance-Based Contracting for Energy Savings

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(d) Agencies shall prioritize new projects under this section based on return on investment, develop a planned implementation schedule, and reconcile all investments with actions undertaken pursuant to Executive Order 13576 of June 13, 2011 (Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government). Transparency and Accountability. (a)

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Federal Real Property Regulations (FAR / FMR)

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Emergency” includes bombings and bomb threats, civil disturbances, fires, explosions, electrical failures, loss of water pressure, chemical and gas leaks, medical emergencies, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Landholding agency” means the Federal agency that has accountability for the property involved.

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Federal Real Property Regulations (FAR / FMR)

Building Information Management

Emergency” includes bombings and bomb threats, civil disturbances, fires, explosions, electrical failures, loss of water pressure, chemical and gas leaks, medical emergencies, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Landholding agency” means the Federal agency that has accountability for the property involved.

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Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Regulation Case

Green Building Law Update

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Instead, the government explained, it intends to issue a new rule that takes recent changes in the electricity sector into account. This litigation over the EPA’s scope of authority comes to the high court in a quartet of environmental cases on appeal from the U.S.