Power Sector – Page 6 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Legal Analysis

2023 Good Neighbor Plan

Overview of the major regulatory components of the Rule and a look at some of the design features affecting the power sector.

March 21, 2023

Quick Takes

Public Health and the Environment—Power Sector

National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone By Hannah Oakes and Hannah Perls EPA is reviewing the basis to strengthen both the particulate matter and ozone standards. […]

October 26, 2022

Legal Analysis

Electricity Law Initiative Files Brief Supporting Clean Energy in the Southeast

The amicus brief provides context for the advocates’ arguments by explaining why FERC’s regulation of interstate transmission service is necessary to counteract utilities’ market power, highlighting the key principles underlying FERC’s transmission rules, and outlining how FERC’s approval of SEEM violates FERC’s transmission rules.

September 28, 2022

Explainer

Climate Change—Power Sector

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. To go directly to our Existing Power Plant Greenhouse […]

September 26, 2022

Explainer

Oil and Natural Gas Sector

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. To go directly to our Methane Emissions from New […]

September 26, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — The IRA and its Clean Energy Implications with Jody Freeman and Greg Dotson

The climate and clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and the potential implications for clean energy development and addressing climate change.

August 25, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw—Jody Freeman, Jay Duffy, and Kevin Poloncarz on West Virginia v. EPA—Implications for Regulating the Power Sector

What the Supreme Court’s decision means for the power sector.

July 29, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw—Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Carrie Jenks Break Down the West Virginia v. EPA Decision

How the major questions doctrine could affect EPA regulations addressing greenhouse gases and other key regulatory priorities for the Biden administration

July 26, 2022

Legal Analysis

Supreme Court Embraces the Major Questions Doctrine as Limiting but Leaving the Door Open for Power Sector GHG Regulations

West Virginia v. EPA’s surprising journey to the Supreme Court. A look at the key elements of the Court’s decision and the path ahead for EPA.

July 1, 2022