Podcast - Eficiencia Energética
Pepper Hamilton Higher Education "In Brief" Series: Renewable Energy Trends and Opportunities for College and Universities
The First Steps to a Paperless Law Office: Austin Lawyer D. Todd Smith
If you deny the administrative state’s insatiable lust for dominion over the most mundane aspects of your everyday life, consider Louisiana, et al v. U.S. Department of Energy. Its more gradual than the noose but just as...more
Early last week, the New York State Senate and Assembly released their “one-house” budget bills, which include their own version of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment, or RAPID, Act proposed...more
The German Energy Efficiency Act (the “Act”) came into force at the end of 2023. As of January 1, 2024, energy efficiency obligations apply specifically to data centers. The Act provides for new rules on energy efficiency,...more
Renewable energy has become a major topic for governments and private companies alike. As the world attempts to pivot towards renewable energy, offshore wind has developed as a potential part of the solution but comes with...more
En el tercer episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés Mejía conversa con Inés Elvira Vesga, socia del área de energía, sobre eficiencia energética. Específicamente, nuestros abogados explican cuál...more
The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA”) established ambitious targets to transform New York’s energy generation and efficiency. The CLCPA was signed into law in 2019 with goals to achieve 100%...more
In support of transitioning to clean energy and combating climate change, Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (Pub. L. 117-169) to extend, modify and enhance many existing tax incentives, create new tax...more
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) issued on September 28th a document titled: Home Energy Upgrade Incentives – Programs in the Inflation Reduction Act and Other Recent Federal Laws (“Policy...more
HB 741, a bill passed by Florida’s Senate and House of Representatives and awaiting the signature of Governor Ron DeSantis, is expected to devastate the state’s growing solar power industry. ...more
This is the second in a series of Quarles & Brady client alerts concerning the approximately 1,000-page Illinois omnibus energy legislation commonly referred to as The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). ...more
This is the first in a series of client alerts from Quarles & Brady concerning the approximately 1,000-page Illinois omnibus energy legislation commonly referred to as The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (“CEJA”). This alert...more
Over the past number of weeks, a variety of legislative proposals, from both sides of the aisle, have been released that, if enacted, could drastically impact the US energy industry and, in many cases, the taxation of energy...more
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries around the globe have been analyzing their energy and development strategies and planning to meet their commitments. While some countries have made progress by, among other things,...more
The Biden-Harris administration announced its American Jobs Plan, a legislative framework laying out an ambitious $2 trillion investment in physical and human infrastructure, on March 31. The bulk of the proposed spending is...more
On 30 September 2020 the government published its consultation on amending the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations“), raising minimum energy efficiency standards...more
Congress was away from Washington for much of the month of August for the annual recess and is scheduled to return after Labor Day for a limited work period before breaking again to allow members to campaign ahead of the...more
Come April Fool’s Day 2020, landlords of residential property should be aware not just of customary pranks and hoaxes, but also of the implications of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales)...more
Hospitals are some of the most energy-intensive buildings in the nation, consuming three to five times as much energy as high-end commercial hotels. As energy costs rise and building sustainability concerns grow, energy...more
The flurry of activity at the end of 2019 demonstrates that congressional support for clean energy research and development (R&D) remains strong, as evidenced by level or increasing budgets for most of the relevant programs...more
With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Please find here a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary...more
Paid Family Leave - A bill to require paid family leave, H.107, was left on the legislative calendar upon adjournment last May, a result of a stalemate between House and Senate leadership....more
The organization American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) published its annual report titled: 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard (“Report”)...more
Earlier this week, the Department of Energy withdrew definitions of “general service lamps” and “general service incandescent lamps” promulgated under the Obama administration. The effect is it eliminate requirements that...more
Since 2010, French law has required that actions be undertaken to improve the energy efficiency of buildings dedicated to tertiary sector activities in order to optimize their energy performance....more