Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Throughout 2020 Latham lawyers reviewed each of the 34 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) appellate cases, whether published or unpublished. Latham’s webcast discussing this publication and the key CEQA cases and trends of 2020 is available here. Other key cases from 2020 include: Save the Agoura Cornell Knoll v.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Consumers, clean energy developers and state governments have all warned about a looming crisis of inadequate energy infrastructure. The benefits of updated transmission are obvious: greater reliability, lower energy costs, and a resilient modern power system with new clean energy sources.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the ILO's Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2022, the number of renewable energy jobs increased by around 700,000 globally between 2020 and 2021. The post Green Energy Jobs Rapidly Expanding appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An ambitious law that promises to accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, CEJA provides a detailed framework for greater utility transparency and accountability to update electricity distribution infrastructure to ensure a clean energy future. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend. billion to $2.2

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. 1) NextEra Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 2) Duke Energy. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 4) Dominion Energy. 7) Xcel Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link].

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 28, 2021

Dow’s ESG report states that, in 2020, the company initiated a joint development agreement with Shell to develop electrified cracking technology that could be powered by clean energy. The post Dow Commits to Develop Cracking Technology Powered by Clean Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Publicly, Elsevier claims to be committed to a clean energy future. ” Lobbying and financially supporting US politicians who block climate action In the 2019-2020 U.S. But its ongoing practices tell a very different story. At UCS, we think Elsevier can do better.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Minnesota’s clean energy workforce is more diverse than the broader state economy. And more jobs are coming in fields like energy production, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, and green construction. Read the full story at Sahan Journal. Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Growing by over 30 percent-- to 92,773 jobs since the height of the COVID-19 economic crisis in 2020–clean energy jobs in Pennsylvania have proved their resilience. Increased investment in the clean energy sector can support the continued trajectory of this job market lifting up Pennsylvania’s communities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

But solar is the big winner here, with it’s share of total US capacity increasing from 7% in 2020 to 29% in 2050. Without additional climate or clean energy policies, gas (and to a lesser degree, coal) will both provide electricity and will be used to balance the grid with growing levels of variable wind and solar generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2024

For anyone who isn’t an energy expert this can make substantive participation in the process difficult, if not impossible. That’s a problem – not just for energy cost and reliability but for the future of the clean energy transition. That’s a concern because important energy decisions are made at the CPUC.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. Billion to Ensure Climate Goals Are Met appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The post DHL Is Investing $7.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Change #1: 100% clean energy goals have spread At the beginning of 2018, the only state in the country with a 100% clean or renewable energy goal was Hawaii. Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

The 19 municipalities with clean energy resolutions in place are the boroughs of Ambler, Bridgeport, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Narberth and Norristown; and the townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Lower Providence, Montgomery, Plymouth, Springfield, Upper Dublin, Upper Merion, West Norriton, Whitemarsh, and Whitpain.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 15, 2022

Clean energy installations in the U.S. dipped 3% in 2021 compared to 2020 as policy issues held back the potential for new wind and solar installations, according to a market report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Read the full story at Utility Dive.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. For example, the two rotating blackouts in August 2020 occurred during energy supply shortages that happened at 6:38 to 7:40 p.m. When grid conditions are tight, California’s grid operator issues Flex Alerts. and 6:28 to 6:48 p.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In response, Europe has scrambled to replace flows and decouple this dependence , in part by shifting away from gas to clean energy alternatives, in part by increasing local gas production, and in part by turning to imports of liquified natural gas, or LNG—including from the US. Credit: U.S. Let us at least stave off the worst.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

China did not sign onto the global methane pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, but in the joint declaration announced an intention to “develop a comprehensive and ambitious National Action Plan on methane, aiming to achieve a significant effect on methane emissions control and reductions in the 2020s.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These owners understood both the need for a supply of energy, and the value and reliability of clean energy. A significant fraction of the clean energy built in the US was financed on the commitments by such high profile, public data companies. Data centers’ total energy demand is challenging to meet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of If they do, they will see the only truly robust forward course is the one that puts the accelerated transition to clean energy at its center.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Once the battery looks up to code, it is off to the grid to power our renewable energy future! Battery energy storage is powerful and growing. Battery energy storage can help store clean energy for the grid. From 2020 to 2021, large-scale US battery storage system installations tripled from 1.4

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the ILO's Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2022, the number of renewable energy jobs increased by around 700,000 globally between 2020 and 2021. The post Green Energy Jobs Rapidly Expanding appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Methane emissions showed their biggest annual increase in 2020 and again in 2021. Getting to net zero emissions by 2050 from our current trajectory (which the IEA calls its Stated Energy Policies Scenario or STEPS) will take an unprecedented increase in investments in clean energy. According to the IEA, “From USD 1.3

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 13, 2022

In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. The post GM Has Become an ‘Energy Star’ with Efficiency and Circular Programs appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. Billion to Ensure Climate Goals Are Met appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The post DHL Is Investing $7.5

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 28, 2021

Dow’s ESG report states that, in 2020, the company initiated a joint development agreement with Shell to develop electrified cracking technology that could be powered by clean energy. The post Dow Commits to Develop Cracking Technology Powered by Clean Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

LBNL found additional drops from 2020 to 2021 of 3.4, But the happenings in the residential, commercial, and institutional market segments are really important for our vital move to clean energy. For residential systems, they found that median prices per watt fell 63 percent from 2007 to 2021. Source: LBNL 2022.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

The report, submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), discloses China s greenhouse gas inventory in 2020 and 2021. on 2020 levels. In 2020, China officially announced its dual carbon goals to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality in 2060.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. Want Clean Energy? Yes, and the industry can and must get there.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2020 Earth Day went digital due to Covid-19, reaching over 100 million online viewers. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. Municipalities like St Helens (UK), Turku (Finland), and Riverside (USA) are hosting community planning sessions on clean energy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. It has helped to shape EU climate policy, while at the same time its own policies were shaped by the EU’s. trillion tons.] Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

So far there have been two rounds of negotiations over a new text between the EU and the Energy Charter Treaty and a third round of negotiations is running until 6 November 2020. If approved, this change would come into force in ten years time. Then a further round is already planned for February or March 2021.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In late October 2020, the New York City Department of Finance issued proposed regulations to implement a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loan program in NYC to provide targeted loans with favorable terms to building owners for installation of systems designed to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Over the course of the reform process, energy experts have described the newly adopted changes as “a slow-moving train wreck.” But other experts have called them “a big step forward for clean energy.”. And what does it mean that hardly anyone outside of the wonkiest energy circles even noticed? Which is it?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. To improve the lives of all Chicagoans, the plan prioritizes environmental justice, household savings, public health, and clean energy.

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