Ari Peskoe – Page 49 – 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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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power

New paper from the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers.

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S&P Global

FERC authority over carbon pricing in power markets may soon be put to test

Ari Peskoe, director of the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative, suggested that such filings could run into trouble if stakeholders view a proposal to price carbon as expanding too far beyond the RTO’s core mission, particularly if the RTO sets the price.

October 23, 2019

In the Media
RTO Insider

EBA Panelists Debate Role of FERC in Regulating Carbon

Panel moderator Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative, wondered if FERC could rule the ISO expanded too far beyond…

October 23, 2019

In the Media
Law360

FERC Says Its Authority Preempts New Hampshire Power Law

Ari Peskoe, the director of Electricity Law Initiatives at Harvard Law School, told Law360 it is rare a state so blatantly sets a wholesale rate.

September 24, 2019

In the Media
PoliticoPro (subscription only)

FERC’s Glick ‘mistakenly’ violated Trump ethics pledge

Glick’s statement of his ethics violation includes a memo and emails from Beamon detailing their correspondences about the erroneous ethics guidance. That stands in contrast to McNamee, whose office has only released his White House waiver, said Ari Peskoe, director of the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative.

September 17, 2019

In the Media
E&E News

McNamee, Glick weigh in on ethics, waiver imbroglio

“Legal standard is about the appearance of bias,” said Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative.

September 17, 2019

In the Media
PoliticoPro (subscription only)

FERC’s McNamee gets waiver for issues involving former clients

“I don’t see how any of this explains his decision to recuse in late August from numerous PJM matters but participate in the earlier capacity market delay order,” said Ari Peskoe, director of the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative, who also reviewed McNamee’s recusal record and the waiver.

September 10, 2019

In the Media
E&E News

Storage order fuels legal battle over FERC authority

The D.C. Circuit’s decision on the first issue will have ramifications for a forthcoming FERC rule opening wholesale market participation to aggregated distributed energy resources such as solar, said Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative.

September 6, 2019

In the Media
S&P Global

Legal challenge to ISO-NE fuel security program could pose novel questions

FERC’s current 2-1 Republican majority includes Commissioner Bernard McNamee, who recused himself from the ISO-NE winter fuel security proceeding. Without another commissioner to weigh in on the matter, the odds of FERC issuing an order on rehearing are slim, said Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

September 6, 2019

In the Media
Washington Examiner

Daily on Energy: ‘An aggressive new thing’ — How Sanders would ramp up federal role in electricity generation

What it all means: Ari Peskoe, director of the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative, told me he interprets Sanders’ plan to mean that PMAs would mostly be charged with renewable energy development instead of private developers. However, he said, existing private utilities could continue to deliver power to consumers. And presumably, regional grid operators and other actors would retain their responsibilities for ensuring the reliability of the power grid.

September 3, 2019