By admin | January 30, 2010
Jeffrey Deyette, Senior Energy Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists
Jeff Deyette spoke in an effort to promote a national renewable electricity standard that, he proffered, would benefit both the environment and the economy.
Mr. Deyette began by providing an overview of the renewable electricity standards timeline, illustrating that, although widely discussed, most major enactments and revisions [...]
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By admin | January 30, 2010
David Loomis & Adrienne Ohler, Associate Professors of Economics, Illinois State University
Illinois is an interesting case study for renewable portfolio standards for many reasons. First, the state has a 25% by 2025 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) with 75% carve-out for wind. This is significant because Illinois is the 5th largest electricity consuming [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Delegate David Bulova, Virginia House of Delegates
Delegate David Bulova, a College of William & Mary alumnus, represents the 37th District, which lies in the heart of Fairfax, in the Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected to the General Assembly in November 2005. Professionally, Delegate Bulova is a Senior Planner at AMEC [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Tyson Slocum, Director of Energy Program, Public Citizen
Tyson Slocum discussed Public Citizen’s efforts towards promoting the public’s interest in renewable energy. He focused on feed-in tariffs. A feed-in tariff is a mechanism for building a subsidy into the production of renewable energy. The overall use of renewable energy is still quite low, [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Joel Eisen, Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
Professor Eisen started his presentation with a question, what is the point of discussing China’s efforts in renewable energy? If China began to use as much energy as we do per capita, they will put a lot of demand on resources that generate electricity.
Chinese resist [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Joshua Fershee, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota School of Law
When looking at energy policy goals, we must first think about what our ultimate goals are. In the short term, everything sounds great: energy independence (freedom from foreign oil), combating climate change, environmental protection (in a broader sense), low-cost energy sources, job creation, [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Mark Webb, Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Mark Webb, Director of Policy and Business Evaluation Alterative Energy Solutions of Dominion Resources Services, Inc., spoke this afternoon on Dominion’s “New Direction in Energy”.
Dominion is a leading provider of electricity, natural gas and energy services to not only Virginia, but to the Mid-Atlantic region as a whole, amongst [...]
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By admin | January 29, 2010
Ivan Gold, of Perkins Coie
Ivan Gold, Senior Counsel, posed these questions to the audience in Williamsburg, Virginia, are federal RPS standards necessary to support renewable energy goals? Will state standards be able to be met with the current system in place?
He discussed how Renewable Portfolio Standards work. The government requires utility companies to [...]
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By admin | January 31, 2009
This afternoon’s panel featured Prof. John Nolon from Pace Law School and Prof. Patricia Salkin, an Associate Dean at Albany Law School. Nolon presented on the topic of ”Local Land Use Law, Urban Form, and Climate Change Mitigation” while Salkin focused on the topic of ”Smart Growth and the Greening of Comprehensive Plans and Land Use Regulations”.
Professor John Nolon:
The situation [...]
By admin | January 31, 2009
Carl Circo from the University of Arkansas Law School joined us this morning to discuss the question: “Should Owners and Developers of Low-Performance Buildings Pay Impact or Mitigation Fees to Finance Sustainable Development Initiatives?”
He began with a confession, “My name is Carl Circo and I’m a green building pessimist.”
Circo went on to discuss the social [...]
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