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Demand Response Needs a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.

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Demand Response Needs to a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

a homeowner with leased photovoltaic panels on their roof) in southern Nevada by approximately $623 per year, having the effect of increasing electricity costs for the many (including disproportionately, the poor). But the retail rate is at an actual loss to the monopoly utility.

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California, Illinois, Texas Lead The Charge Toward A Modernized Electric Grid

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

California, Illinois, Texas Lead The Charge Toward A Modernized Electric Grid originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. For the third year in a row, California is the highest-ranked state when it comes to moving toward a modernized electric grid, according to the 3rd Annual Grid Modernization Index (GMI). GridWiseChart.

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Washington Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Aerospace Reduced Business & Occupation (B&O) Tax Rate: Available to manufacturers and processors for hire of commercial airplanes or component parts of commercial airplanes, non-manufacturers engaged in the business of aerospace product development, certificated FAR repair stations making retail sales and aerospace tooling manufacturers.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Washington, DC 20417. GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use. 2 B Green Profitably. Ahold USA Retail. Alabama Green Building Solutions & SLS Construction. Cascadia Green Building Council. City of Santa Monica Green Building Program. July 25, 2012. 106 Greenway.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Since the onset of shale gas production, Pennsylvania businesses and homeowners have benefited from a 50 percent decline in natural gas prices and a corresponding 40 percent reduction in the cost of electricity. Wind energy is now the fifth-largest electricity source in the U.S., Wind power in the U.S. The expansion will?be