Electricity Law – Page 8 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Electricity Law Initiative: States Should Regulate Rates for Distributed Energy Resource Sales

Services supplied by distributed energy resources (DERs), including storage, energy production, and demand response, upend long-standing industry assumptions about infrastructure investments, consumer behavior, and rate setting. As DER deployment grows, […]

September 21, 2018

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Ari Peskoe Talks with Hana Vizcarra about FERC Natural Gas Permitting

Hana speaks with Electricity Law Initiative (ELI) Director Ari Peskoe about FERC natural gas facility permitting. In July, 2018 ELI filed comments with FERC arguing that accounting for the economic […]

August 2, 2018

Comments Filed

FERC Should Acknowledge Climate Risk When Setting Pipeline Policy

In April, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requested comments on its 20-year old policy that guides its decisions on permitting interstate natural gas infrastructure. The Electricity Law Initiative filed […]

July 26, 2018

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Ari and Joe Talk about the Leaked DOE Memo

Click here for a full transcript of this episode. Ari and Joe talk about the DOE memo leaked in May, 2018. The memo discusses a “Strategic Electric Generation Reserve” and […]

June 2, 2018

Comments Filed

Electricity Law Initiative submits comment to FERC on proposed capacity market rule changes

On Monday, the Electricity Law Initiative filed comments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about proposed capacity market rule changes. The Electricity Law Initiative’s comments emphasize that procuring electric […]

May 9, 2018

Power Over the Twenty-First Century Electric Grid

Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe was recently a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. While at Penn, Ari, as a guest lecturer at Penn Law’s Energy […]

April 10, 2018

FERC Commissioner Supporting State Clean Energy Policies Cites Peskoe Article in Statement

On March 9, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved an ISO-New England capacity market proposal that changes how clean energy resources supported by state policies can participate in […]

March 12, 2018

State Clean Energy Policies at Risk: Courts Should Not Preempt Zero Emission Credits for Nuclear Plants

Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe recaps the evolution of state and federal roles in regulating the electric industry and argues that states’ zero emission credit programs for nuclear plants […]

January 15, 2018

Climate Implications of FERC Proceedings

The Policy Initiative released a white paper today about how Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decisions affect the mix of resources on the electric grid and energy sector greenhouse gas […]

November 27, 2017