Ari Peskoe – Page 38 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Ari has written extensively about electricity regulation, on issues ranging from rooftop solar to constitutional challenges to states’ energy laws. Prior to the Electricity Law Initiative, he was an associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C., where he litigated before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about the Western Energy Crisis. Before that, Ari was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana and spent two years trying to bring the 2012 Olympics to New York. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in electrical engineering and business.

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In the Media

Order values fuel security of New England plant

“Federal regulators Monday approved a proposal from the New England grid operator to value the ‘fuel secure’ nature of an Exelon Corp. power plant in Massachusetts.

‘I think this is the first time they’ve ordered that sort of contract,’ said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School.”

December 5, 2018

In the Media

Senate committee to push ahead with McNamee vote despite Democrat objections

“Energy lawyers also point to potential legal difficulties for the commission if McNamee is confirmed. Because he directly criticized environmental groups, Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard, says courts could invalidate orders he participates in that include those organizations.”

December 3, 2018

In the Media

Trump’s energy agency nominee backs fossil fuels in battle with renewables and green groups

December 3, 2018

In the Media

Senate tees up McNamee confirmation vote next week

December 3, 2018

In the Media

There is no grid emergency (at least for the next five years)

December 3, 2018

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Renewables and Electricity Markets with Ari Peskoe and Jesse Jenkins

November 29, 2018

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Ari Peskoe and Phil Sharp Celebrate PURPA’s 40th

November 14, 2018

In the Media

Overheard at OMS 2018 Annual Meeting

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October 29, 2018

In the Media

States, greens face off over PURPA implementation at FERC

“‘These competitive solicitations, or request for proposals (RFPs), would be open to all [PURPA qualifying facilities] and would be overseen by state commissions or administered independently of any individual market participant to mitigate anti-competitive behavior of the buyer,’ NARUC wrote in its proposal.

Though not codified explicitly in FERC regulations, energy lawyers like Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Program at Harvard, say there’s nothing stopping utilities from applying from such an exemption from PURPA today.”

October 24, 2018