Tag Archives: Residential
Legislative Update June 2017
The deadline for bill to pass out of their house of origin occurred on June 1, 2017. The following is a short list of important bills that met this deadline as well as two pieces of legislation that may move … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, Renewable Energy
Tagged California, Climate Change, CO2, Commercial, Electricity, Energy, Legislation, local government, methodology, Policy, Residential, solar
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Federal Housing Administration Issues Guidance on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), part of the executive branch’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), recently issued guidance on PACE financing programs (read the full press release here). The FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved … Continue reading
Residential Rates Revisited – Part 3: Legislative Fixes
In Part 1 of this series was a brief retrospective of some of the antecedents of today’s discussion of residential rates in California. In Part 2, we discussed in more detail the concept of inclining block rates, the policy rationale … Continue reading
Residential Rates Revisited – Part 2: Inclining Block Rates
Part 1 of this series provided a brief retrospective of some of the antecedents of today’s discussion of residential rates in California. We discussed AB 1x and its role in capping rates for consumption below 130% of baseline, we defined … Continue reading
Residential Electric Rates Revisited – Part 1: A Historical Perspective
Residential rates always seem to be in the news for one reason or another. These days, residential rates are the subject of pending legislation (AB 327) and an ongoing rulemaking at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) (R.12-06-013). To help … Continue reading
Energy Consumption by Sector in the United States
The primary source of energy in the United States has only changed three times in the nation’s history. The U.S. relied largely on wood for cooking and heating until nearly the turn of the twentieth century when coal became the primary energy source … Continue reading
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Tagged biofuel, Coal, Commercial, Energy, Industrial, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil, Petroleum, Renewable, Residential, Transportation, Wood
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