As per the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, facilities that produce in excess of 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year must begin to report their annual emissions to the EPA, effective January 1, 2010. Under this rule, only direct emissions occurring on the facility’s grounds are included in determining its total [...]
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EPA Implements Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Rule
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New York’s New Energy Conservation Incentive
In 2007, the New York State Public Service Commission decided to further its push to promote energy conservation by adopting a revenue decoupling scheme for utility billing. This program aims to incentivize customers to use less energy, while maintaining a consistent revenue stream for utilities by eliminating the correlation between revenues and sales volumes.
The [...]
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New York City Increases Sales Tax Rate on Gas and Electricity
On July 13, 2009 the New York State Senate passed A.B. 8615, A.B 8866, and A.B. 8867, which modify the New York City sales tax code. Effective August 1, 2009, the New York City sales tax rate increased from 4.0% to 4.5%. The combined state and local sales tax rate effective in New [...]
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Senate Introduces New Cap-n-Trade Bill
Senators Boxer and Kerry introduced a Climate bill in the Senate that would require a 20% reduction in emmisions by 2020 from 2005 levels (the US House passed a version earlier this year). Reactions are mixed. Stay tuned for a busy Senate session this fall. Meanwhile the EPA moved forward with [...]
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NuEnergen Speaks at Westchester County Association
NuEnergen CEO Kevin Hamilton was asked to address a large group assembled by the Westchester County Association regarding the topic of “Lower Energy Costs” this past Tuesday at The Graduate Center at Pace University.
From the Jan 13, 2009 Press Release: Taking a leadership role in addressing the economic crisis, The Westchester County Association (WCA) [...]
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Obama’s Climate Change Plan
With the Democratic National Committee convention in Denver last week, NuEnergen executives were able to attend various policy meetings regarding the Democratic plan for energy. Titled BARACK OBAMA: NEW ENERGY FOR AMERICA, the Democratic plan encompasses short, medium and long range solutions the administration wants to put forth for our growing list of issues. NuEnergen [...]
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NuEnergen Execs Meet with Colorado Governor
NuEnergen executives Kevin Hamilton and Sandy Hamilton recently met with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to discuss the energy issues facing Colorado and the rest of the United States. Governor Ritter is helping the State of Colorado in charting a course for what he calls our “New Energy Economy” with his recent Colorado Climate Action Plan [...]
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NYC Takes Lead on GHG Emission Reduction
We typically view New York City as a lumbering giant metropolis that has to continually address problems that occur within it’s infrastructure. Mayor Bloomberg has been instrumental in transforming the perceptions as of late with his forward thinking PLANYC2030 and his recent comments regarding a tax on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitters. He is insistent on [...]
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