On Oct. 9 , the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced a once-exempt type of solar panel will now be subject to a tariff. The technology, called bifacial solar panels, will be subject to a 25% tariff...
Politics can be a delicate act of juggling the demands for bold leadership with the controversy they often court. This month, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, defied the will of his own, Republican-controlled...
As more natural disasters occur, lawmakers and policymakers at all levels of government are realizing the importance of a resilient infrastructure, but more needs to be done to make that a reality, according to experts...
Updated 10/10/19 10:15 a.m.— PG&E has restored power to approximately 50,000 customers in the Sierra Foothills since the shutoff began. Sometimes, it’s good to have backup power, and, for 800,000 customers of PG&E, that time...
Beginning Oct. 1, 2019 (the beginning of OSHA’s 2020 fiscal year), OSHA will utilize a new weighting system for its inspections. The new OSHA Weighing System (OWS) is designed to replace the former system, which was...
Last week, the City of New York announced an aggressive new initiative designed to utilize “deep energy retrofits” in nine of the city’s buildings, with another 28 to follow. The first nine projects that the city selected are...
If new home construction is a bellwether for electrical installations, then the road ahead is promising. According to a recent report , from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Commerce Department, total housing starts are...
On the heels of a recent announcement by the North American Electric Reliability Corporate, providing details of a cyber event in March that adversely impacted a utility in the western United States, Proofpoint, a security...
While more renewables are coming online in the United States, built and installed by large utilities, homeowners and commercial businesses, an often-overlooked market for these purchases is large corporations. According to a...
On Sept. 18, the San Jose, California city council unanimously passed a proposal to require new construction of detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs), single-family, low-rise and multifamily buildings in the city to be all...
The dynamics of energy have changed considerably in the green power age, as the growth of one clean technology can often be traced to another. Consider the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and energy efficiency,...
Last week, Duke Energy , Charlotte, N.C., announced that it plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, which is an updated climate strategy for the utility. The company is also accelerating its near-term goal by...
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in Glasgow, Scotland developed the prototype for an cellphone app that can reduce injuries and save lives on construction projects, according to an article from the Glasgow...
As renewables expand their share of generating capacity in the United States, some sources have enjoyed a more rapid decline in capital costs than others. This dynamic of declining costs dictates which source will take the...
While regulators and those in the utility industry have been talking for over a decade, the first actual hacking of a utility by an outsider occurred on March 5, 2019 , and was officially reported by the North American...
According to a new report by Dodge Data & Analytics, “First Half 2019 Commercial and Multifamily Construction Starts Show Varied Pattern by Top Metropolitan Areas,” while new construction starts in this sector in several of...
Events in California can unfold in the most unexpected fashion. Two years ago , the state suffered billions of dollars in damage and loss of life from multiple raging wildfires. Crumbling under the weight of liabilities from...
Iowa State University Student Chapter took home first place in this year's Green Energy Challenge, making this the team's sixth consecutive Challenge win. Other finalist teams in the competition included Illinois Institute of...
On September 5, the U.S. Department of Energy rolled back a scheduled January 1 ban on four classes of incandescent and halogen light bulbs—though the agency states it could still later address whether the products fail to...
With the passage of Illinois SB1636 in late August, almost half of the states in the nation now have laws in place to cap private contract retainage from payments by general contractors or building owners to subcontractors,...
