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Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Department of Energy Requires States to Review and Possibly Update Their Building Energy Codes
Posted on 26 Jul 2011 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP The Department of Energy recently published two final determinations that will require states to review and possibly update their residential and commercial building energy efficiency... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building energy , ASHRAE , building codes , IECC , model codes , energy conservation , Energy Policy Act , energy efficiency

Michael M. Cunningham on DOEs Loan Guarantee Program
Posted on 3 Feb 2010 by Michael M. Cunningham

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) and authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to "rapidly deploy" certain loan guarantees made in connection with renewable energy projects... Read More

Tags: hydropower , American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , credit subsidy , electric power , SNR Denton , Michael Cunningham , Renewable Energy , loan guarantees , Energy Policy Act , Department of Energy , greenhouse gases

Renewable Energy Law Developments – American Bar Association Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law – Renewable Energy Committee
Posted on 19 Jan 2010 by ABA Public Utility Communications Transportation

This report from the Renewable Energy Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law looks at recent renewable energy law developments. The report begins by noting that “The past few years... Read More

Tags: wind power , Qualified Advanced Energy Projects , solar energy , tax credits , biofuels , American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , Renewable Energy , American Bar Association , tax incentives , Energy Policy Act , liquid fuels

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Department of Energy Requires States to Review and Possibly Update Their Building Energy Codes
Posted on 26 Jul 2011 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP The Department of Energy recently published two final determinations that will require states to review and possibly update their residential and commercial building energy... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building energy , ASHRAE , building codes , IECC , model codes , energy conservation , Energy Policy Act , energy efficiency