Power Sector – Page 4 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Electricity Law Initiative Responds to Utility Claims about Transmission Cartels

The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment about the value of collaboration in transmission planning in FERC’s ongoing rulemaking proceeding.

March 1, 2024

Legal Analysis

Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control

Technological progress can topple industry titans. But in the electricity industry, entrenched power can stymie disruptive change by setting rules that block competition and reinforce the status quo. In Replacing the […]

November 1, 2023

EELP News

The Supreme Court ends a looming legal threat to state clean energy laws

In the September/October edition of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource’s publication Ari discusses a May 2023 Supreme Court decision that holds the dormant Commerce Clause does […]

September 11, 2023

Regulatory Tracker

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)

We are not currently updating this rule.

September 6, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw Quick Take — Good News for Clean Energy from the Supreme Court

How a case about a California law regulating sales of pork products will help insulate state clean energy laws from certain types of legal challenges.

June 7, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — EPA’s Proposed Power Sector Rules with Jody Freeman, Jay Duffy, Kevin Poloncarz, and Carrie Jenks

How EPA’s approaches were shaped by both the Supreme Court’s decision, West Virginia v. EPA, and Congress’s enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act.

May 23, 2023

EELP News

Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health (VIDEO)

Resources for the Future and EELP webinar reviewing the latest EPA rules and exploring the potential impacts on air quality, human health, and US decarbonization goals.

May 23, 2023

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants are Consistent with Statutory Factors and Market Trends

Compliance timelines and state plans, EPA’s environmental justice analysis, and impacts of the proposal on climate change, public health, and grid reliability.

May 19, 2023

Quick Takes

EPA proposes new rule to combat climate changing pollution from power plants (Timelines)

Today the Biden administration announced regulations to limit greenhouse pollution from existing coal and gas plants and for new gas plants. Read our quick take below, and find our new […]

May 11, 2023