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New York Just Proposed Its Plan to Reach 50% Renewables
In December, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the state's regulators to come up with a plan to reach 50 percent renewables by 2030. Early last week, the NYDPS released its proposed plan to do just that.
World’s Largest Office Furniture Manufacturer Steelcase Signs Deal for 25 MW of Wind Energy
The world’s largest manufacturer of office furniture will soon offset 70 percent of its total U.S. electricity usage with wind power from a long-term virtual power purchase agreement.
Building on Chicago’s Reputation as a Green Building Leader
The USGBC recently released its 2015 Top Ten States for LEED list, naming the U.S. states that lead the nation in sustainable building design, construction, and transformation. For the third year in a row, Illinois topped the list of total square feet of LEED-certified space per resident.
As Oil Prices Gyrate, Underlying Trends Are Shifting To Oil’s Disadvantage
Why should equity markets tank when oil prices do? Beats me. Among many sources of jitters, this shouldn’t be a big one (though The Economist…
Demand Response Wins: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FERC Order 745
This week, SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), deciding that demand response should be regulated at the federal level and ensuring that the U.S. demand response industry can continue its impressive progress.