Regulation

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:

On December 7, the White House Council on the Environment Quality (CEQ) released the draft rules for performance standards for Federal buildings. In this column, IMT's Amy Boyce explores what the Federal standard aims to achieve, how it compares to other building performance standards, where the standards can go further - and why it matters.

The Council of the European Union finalized its corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), which will soon require companies to publish detailed information on how external sustainability factors (such as climate change or human rights issues) influence their activities.

“If we don’t make major strides on interconnection reforms in the next few years, it will be impossible to achieve our more aggressive state and national clean energy goals,” according to Solar Energy Industries Association. In this whitepaper, "Lessons from the Front Line: Principles and Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reforms," SEIA discusses the various opportunities utilities and regulators have to standardize, automate, and clarify interconnection procedures and policies.

The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved legislation to increase renewable energy production and supply by requiring that 100% of Rhode Island’s electricity be offset by renewable production by 2033.

A bipartisan group of 19 governors sent a letter urging the Biden administration to expedite its review of the anti-circumvention solar tariff case due to the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate solar products imported from Southeast Asia.

Senior leaders from T-Mobile, Michigan State, the City of Cincinnati, and Clayco will be featured keynote speakers for the Renewable Energy Forum/Summer Edition, June 6-8, 2022 at the Ponte Vedra Beach Inn & Club, Florida.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a 25-year PPA between Parker Ranch, Inc., its renewable energy subsidiary Paniolo Power Company LLC and Canada-based Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.