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FERC Approves New Cybersecurity Standards for Low-Impact Electric Assets

USA - March 17 2023 At its open monthly meeting on March 16, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a new cybersecurity standard proposed by the…

An Introduction to Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing

USA - March 9 2023 Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a financing model that provides low-cost, long-term funding for eligible energy efficiency and renewable…

International Trade Compliance Year in Review: 10 Enforcement Lessons from 2022

USA - February 28 2023 In the past year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau…

Cities Are Going Green Through Sustainable Real Estate

USA - February 24 2023 Individual property owners are not alone in their ability to develop sustainable real estate. Community-driven green initiatives seek to improve the…

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That FLSA Overtime Exemption Does Not Cover Highly Paid Rig Worker

USA - February 23 2023 A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's holding that a highly paid employee was not…

Treasury Department, IRS Release Preliminary Low-Income Community Bonus Credit Guidance

USA - February 17 2023 Section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code provides for an increase in the investment tax credit (ITC) for qualified solar and wind…

Power Supply Options for New Investments in Mexico: An Overview

USA - February 10 2023 With global supply chains under stress and economic growth slowing down, localization of new investments has become an increasingly popular…

Renovating Existing Commercial Real Estate Building to Become Green

USA - February 9 2023 While green lending is a relatively new and developing form of real estate financing, green loans are available to the owners of new and existing…

BOEM Transfers Certain Regulatory Authority Over Offshore Wind Development to BSEE

USA - February 8 2023 A final rule effective Jan. 31, 2023, transfers responsibility for the administration of regulations governing safety, environmental…

Going Green in Commercial Real Estate: Aim for a Zero-Emissions Building Standard

USA - February 2 2023 In order to obtain and maintain a green real estate loan, the loan recipient must construct or renovate existing buildings to have minimal impact on…