Administrative LawEELP NewsFederal Policy Analysis D.C. Circuit Undermines CEQ’s Regulatory Authority Under NEPA Summary of the Marin Audubon decision and discussion of the case’s legal significance and emerging and potential consequences. December 5, 2024
Clean AirInflation Reduction ActMethane EmissionsPower Sector Final Rule Implementing the Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Analysis of the changes EPA made in the final rule in response to public comments and reasoning for the changes. December 2, 2024
Comment FiledElectricity LawPower Sector Electricity Law Initiative Bolsters Its Protest of PJM Utilities’ New Contract ELI rebutted arguments filed by PJM and its member utilities about their proposed amendments October 25, 2024
Corporate Climate Risk Evolving Regulatory Landscape for Net-Zero and Other Corporate Climate Commitments California passed new laws in late 2023 that require companies doing business in the state to disclose information about their greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and use of carbon offsets. October 23, 2024
Environmental Justice Key Changes in CEQ’s Phase 2 Regulations Implementing NEPA A review of three key changes to the rule: factors that shape agencies’ level and scope of analysis, implementation of recent amendments to NEPA, and integrating environmental justice considerations. August 8, 2024
Administrative Law Applying Corner Post to Significant Environmental Statutes that EPA Administers An overview of the Supreme Court’s Corner Post decision and the judicial review provisions for significant statutes EPA administers. July 29, 2024
Electricity LawPower Sector Electricity Law Initiative Protests Utilities’ Proposal to Control PJM Decisions Protest exposes how the CTOA amendments enable the utilities to interfere and obstruct PJM’s decisionmaking processes. July 22, 2024
Administrative LawEELP News Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Expands Power of Judiciary An overview of the majority decision and dissent in the SCOTUS decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine. July 12, 2024
Clean AirPower Sector The Supreme Court Pauses the Good Neighbor Plan The decision continues an alarming trend of the Court issuing decisions under its emergency docket about important public health rules without the benefit of full briefing and engagement with the technical record. July 2, 2024
