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District of Massachusetts Reaffirms Broad Defense of Filed Rate Doctrine

Energy and Cleantech Council

By way of background, two class action lawsuits filed in the District of Massachusetts alleged that Eversource and Avangrid systematically abused their influence in the natural gas transmission market in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.

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Recent Changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program, Explained

GreenTechMedia

SGIP was initially conceived of to provide customers with incentives to reduce their energy use during peak demand times and to promote energy self-sufficiency in response to California’s electricity crisis of 2001. The actions described here are part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen SGIP and make it more effective.

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The Enormous Energy Legacy Of President George W. Bush

R-Squared Energy

” Quoting from my book Power Plays : “The group’s work culminated in the release of the National Energy Policy (NEP) in May of 2001. The Bush Administration passed a number of laws aimed at accelerating the development of fracking. oil and gas production. oil and natural gas production, a dramatic drop in U.S.

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Texas Crisis Drives First Public Power Bankruptcy, With More Fallout Expected

GreenTechMedia

Freezing temperatures caused cascading problems in the state’s natural-gas production and delivery network that restricted fuel supply to the power plants relied upon for about two-thirds of wintertime electricity supply. That crisis forced utility Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy and led to then-Gov.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank. So Citi threw its heft behind a $1 billion, three-year Action for Racial Equity initiative supporting Black homeownership, entrepreneurship and professional development.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank. He also leads Citi Ventures Initiatives, which invests in efforts to “help people, businesses, and communities thrive.”

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to Eighteen of the 19 warmest years all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998. A Few Relevant Data Points With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, humans began their dependence on the burning of fossil fuels?coal