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FERC Decision Puts State Renewable Portfolio Standards At Risk

Green Building Law Update

In a decision that critics have called “unprecedented” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on December 19, 2019 issued an Order Establishing Just And Reasonable Rate “to protect the competitive capacity market administered by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.” state renewable portfolio standards) the loser.

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Green Building Codes Not Eligible for Copyright Protection

Green Building Law Update

Ruling that “the law,” whether by statute, ordinance, regulations, or code, and even when its source is a judicial opinion, is not subject to federal copyright law, has broad implications, particularly for green building. This case is Code Revision Commission v. 17-11589, filed October 19, 2018. Public Resource Org, Inc.

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Denver Voters Petition Green Roof Mandate to the Ballot

Green Building Law Update

The Denver Elections Commission has announced that the Denver Green Roof Initiative, a mandatory green roof ballot initiative will appear on the November 7 ballot. A ballot initiative is a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can bring about a public vote on a proposed statute or measure.

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Nurdles are the Environmental Calamity of 2019

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission to allow them to omit the nurdle reporting proposal from their annual meeting agendas, but the SEC ruled that the companies could not omit the proposals. Environmental and social concerns dominated shareholder submissions in 2018 and such can be expected to be the instance again this year.

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Maryland Resets it Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposed new rule to mandate Tier 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions disclosures by public companies and the many other businesses in their supply chains. something the legislative branch authorized, but the executive branch balked at) before January 1, 2023 and then adopt subsequent triennial versions.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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Delivering a reliable, quiet emergency power system for critical neonatal care

CK Power

Meeting strict regulations: A standard part of our process. NFPA 110 , NFPA 99, the Joint Commission , FM Global standards, IBC seismic requirements, the National Electrical Code® and more all had to be followed to the letter. The NICU absolutely needed to be ready in January 2018.