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Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Gas Appliance Ban and Net Zero Building Code
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-27T13:24:45-04:00Saturday, October 26th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all elctric building, BEPS, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, gas appliance ban, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, National Apartment Association, National Association of Home Builders, preemption, Restaurant Law Center, Stuart Kaplow, Washington Gas Light Company|
A lawsuit worthy of attention has been filed seeking to halt the implementation of Washington D.C.’s gas appliance ban and net zero building code. That complaint is nearly identical to the litigation commenced on the same day last week against Montgomery County, Maryland seeking to stop ...
Lawsuit Charges Montgomery County Gas Appliance Ban is Preempted and Void
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-06T12:06:39-05:00Friday, October 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, D.C. appliance ban, decarbonization, EPCA, Kaplow, Montgomery County, natural gas ban, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier today more than half a dozen business and labor groups filed suit seeking a permanent injunctive against enforcement of Montgomery County, Maryland Bill 13-22: Buildings - Comprehensive Building Decarbonization, which bans the use of gas appliances in new construction. A partnership of business and ...
City Cannot Ban Natural Gas so it Will Tax it Out of Existence
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-09T15:11:49-05:00Saturday, August 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, City of Berkeley, EPCA, Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban, preempted|
After this was posted, in the November 5th election, Berkeley, California, voters overwhelming defeated, with more than 68% of citizens voting against the citizen initiative Measure GG, The Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, described below. After being told by the courts that its attempts ...
Federal Government Finalizes New Efficiency Standards for Lightbulbs
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-13T20:57:07-04:00Saturday, April 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: CFL, EPCA, general service lamps, incandescent light, Kaplow, LED, light emitting diodes, Stuart Kaplow|
One hundred and forty three years after Thomas Edison received his patent for the incandescent lamp, the most important invention in history, illuminating the way for the universal use of electric light, last Friday the U.S. Department of Energy finalized new energy efficiency standards for ...
2024 IECC is Final After Addressing Preemption Issues
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-06T18:56:48-04:00Saturday, April 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 2024 IECC, 2024 International Energy Conservation Code, all electric building, all-electric commercial, all-electric residential, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, IECC, International Energy Conservation Code, Kaplow, preemption, solar readiness, Stuart Kaplow|
On March 18, 2024, the International Code Council Board of Directors voted to affirm in part and reject in part nine appeals filed by five appellants to a draft of the commercial and residential editions of the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code. The Board expressly ...
Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-31T16:14:24-04:00Saturday, March 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, California Restaurant Association, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, Kaplow, natural gas, preemption, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
The City of Berkeley is going to repeal its regulation that prohibits the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. Last week the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement immediately halting enforcement ...
Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Dishwasher and Washing Machine Rules
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-14T14:50:17-05:00Saturday, January 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: dishwasher rule, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, Kaplow, preemption, Stuart Kaplow, washing machine rule|
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the Department of Energy’s dishwasher and washing machine rules saying they did not hold water. For the second time in as many weeks, we are writing about a court ruling new standards ...
Federal Appeals Court Delivers Coup De Grace in Berkeley Attempt to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-26T18:11:34-04:00Saturday, January 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Court Saves Gas Stoves from the Government, EPCA, preemption|
After this article was posted, on March 22, 2024, the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement halting enforcement of the City’s ban on natural gas piping as the City Council takes steps to repeal ...