CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw — FERC’s New Approach to Improving Transmission Investment How the utility industry thinks about building new high-voltage transmission lines and how FERC is trying to push industry to develop more transmission to accommodate new, affordable, clean sources of electricity. June 11, 2024
EELP News April 10 Webinar: State Perspectives on Power Sector Changes EELP panel discussion with state utility regulators and policymakers exploring state approaches to maintaining a reliable, affordable, and cleaner power system. April 4, 2024
Electricity Law Initiative Files Comment on FERC’s Federal-State Joint Task Force The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at FERC suggesting that it dedicate the next meeting of its joint task force with state regulators on transmission development to discussing regional […] January 8, 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
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw — Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control How FERC’s legal authority shapes regional governance, how independent decisionmaking by RTOs is compromised by utilities and other incumbent firms, and why it’s holding back the industry’s innovative potential. 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
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
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
