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State ROFR laws are holding back transmission buildout in MISO and must go away

Renewable Energy World

State Right of First Refusal (ROFR) laws in the North and seams issues in the South are reasons for limited opportunities. If MISO and MISO states are serious about building the next wave of transmission, lowering the voltage threshold for bidding out competitive projects and removing ROFR laws must be implemented.

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St. Louis Adopts Midwest?s First Building Performance Standard

GreenTechMedia

Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson recently signed a law establishing a mandatory Building Energy Performance Standard in the city, which is the second-largest in Missouri. The standard will be set to ensure that 65 percent of the buildings in each property type will have to save energy to comply with the law. In 2018 St.

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Welcome to 2018: What’s in Store for Technology and Clean Energy Policy?

38 North Solutions

With that bill now law, we will need the rest of this year and, perhaps, several more, to figure out how the new tax code will impact innovative industries. The President’s top goal for 2018 is infrastructure, a potential $1 Trillion in federal, state, and private sector partnership programs. appeared first on 38 North Solutions.

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts. Read the full CEQA Case Report Year in Review 2018.

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The State of Sustainable Agriculture

The Environmental Blog

Frank Mitloehner (@GHGGuru) May 10, 2018. And in some cases, sustainable agriculture is even being mandated by law. Frank Mitloehner (@GHGGuru) May 10, 2018. The post The State of Sustainable Agriculture appeared first on The Environmental Blog. Curiously, organic food achieves none of these benchmarks.”

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts. Read the full CEQA Case Report Year in Review 2018.

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EPA Extends CCR Regulations to Previously Exempt CCR Units

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

However, a 2018 ruling of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned the exemption for legacy ponds, as described in this Latham blog post. This significant new regulation was part of a suite of four power sector rules EPA finalized on the same day.