Electricity Law – Environmental and Energy Law Program

One year of Trump’s ‘Energy Emergency’ in Context and in Court

An analysis of the declaration, the policies and actions it has produced, and how they compare with historical uses of emergency authority.

January 21, 2026

Ari Peskoe presents a recent paper at the Belfer Center’s Energy Policy Seminar.

November 18, 2025

How rate-regulated utilities use customer-funded dollars for political activities and why this raises concerns about ratepayers’ freedom of speech.

November 17, 2025

The brief seeks to preserve Congress’s authority to create and maintain bipartisan ratemaking commissions.

November 13, 2025

The proposal attempted to revamp the arrangement between PJM, which operates the bulk power system across 13 states, and its utility members.

July 16, 2025

FERC approved Order No. 1920, directing utilities and RTOs to produce long-term regional transmission plans. The Fourth Circuit will review the rule.

April 11, 2025

New paper from Eliza Martin and Ari Peskoe explains how utilities are forcing consumers to fund discounts for data centers.

April 7, 2025

As Big Tech companies build new data centers residential ratepayers could be on the hook for the massive new power demand.

March 25, 2025

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

March 5, 2025