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Electricity Law
FERC

Electricity Law Initiative Files Comments on FERC Transmission Oversight

This week the Electricity Law Initiative filed comments in a FERC proceeding about transmission rates and planning processes. The comments respond to questions issued by FERC following an October 2022 […]

March 24, 2023

Disaster Policy
Environmental Justice

EELP submits statement on expanding flood insurance coverage to House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

Flooding is the most common and costly environmental disaster in the U.S., causing more than $85 billion in damages in 2021 alone. Yet most standard insurance policies do not include coverage for flood-related damages.

March 9, 2023

Environmental Justice
Inflation Reduction Act

EELP Contributes to Comments on Civil Rights Protections in EPA’s $27B Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund RFI

Alliance members urge EPA to take specific steps to ensure that the GHGRF directly benefits disadvantaged and low-income communities, and that recipients of GHGRF grants comply with their civil rights obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

December 7, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act
State & Regional Climate Strategies

EELP submits comments to EPA’s $27B Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund RFI on behalf of affordable housing and energy experts

December 6, 2022

Electricity Law
FERC
Media Appearances

Ari Peskoe Testifies at FERC Technical Conference on Transmission Planning and Costs, Files Statement and Evidence

On October 6, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convened utilities, consumer advocates, state regulators, transmission customers, and other policy experts to discuss transmission rate oversight. The five-panel technical conference […]

October 12, 2022

Electricity Law
FERC

Electricity Law Initiative Comments on FERC Transmission Planning Proposal

The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at FERC about its April 2022 proposal that would require utilities to engage in long-term transmission planning exercises. The Electricity Law Initiative’s comment responds to FERC’s proposal […]

August 17, 2022

Electricity Law
FERC

Electricity Law Initiative Director Authors Brief for 26 Law Professors

Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe filed an amicus brief in the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals that was signed by 26 energy law professors. Co-written with University of […]

August 12, 2022

Electricity Law
FERC

Electricity Law Initiative Responds to FERC Inquiry on Utility Trade Associations

In February, the Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) arguing that FERC’s rules force ratepayers to subsidize utilities’ political advocacy, which is unfair […]

March 10, 2022

Electricity Law
FERC

Electricity Law Initiative Replies to Calls for FERC to End Transmission Competition

In its reply comment filed this week, ELI urged FERC not to abandon competitive transmission development, as numerous utilities requested in their initial filings. While the benefits of competition are widely recognized in virtually every sector of the economy, transmission has historically been developed exclusively by utilities, with each utility building all transmission within its state-granted retail service territory.

December 2, 2021