Electricity Law – Page 9 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Climate Implications of FERC Proceedings

Climate Implications of FERC Proceedings, a White Paper by Ari Peskoe and Kate Konschnik, examines how Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decisions affect the mix of resources on the electric grid and energy sector […]

November 27, 2017

Ari Peskoe is Visiting Scholar at Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Policy Initiative Senior Fellow Ari Peskoe spent a week on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania recently, as a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. While […]

November 15, 2017

Peskoe Co-authors Brief in Support of State Authority Over Electric Generation

Ari Peskoe, Senior Fellow at the Policy Initiative, and Professor Jim Rossi of Vanderbilt University Law School, filed an amicus brief on behalf of nearly 20 energy law professors in the […]

November 3, 2017

Comments Filed

EELP Submits Comments to FERC on ‘Resiliency Rule’

EELP submitted comments today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commssion (FERC) on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR). The NOPR invokes a rarely used authority that allows DOE […]

October 18, 2017

Ari Peskoe Discusses Wholesale Electricity Markets and State Roles in DC

On Sep. 13, 2017, Ari Peskoe delivered the Energy Bar Association’s semi-annual “Author Talk,” to discuss his latest article. Peskoe’s paper, which was the featured article in the most recent […]

September 15, 2017

Nothing New in Department of Energy Grid Study

In April, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry issued a memo to Department of Energy (DOE) staff, requesting a study of electricity markets and reliability, with a focus on whether “baseload” […]

August 24, 2017

Presentation at the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on rooftop solar

Presentation at the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on rooftop solar by Ari Peskoe highlights the critical role of state regulation in how investor-owned utilities have responded to the growth of distributed energy resources.

June 22, 2016

Designing Emission Budget Trading Programs Under Existing State Law

Designing Emission Budget Trading Programs Under Existing State Law, a White Paper by Ari Peskoe analyzes existing state authority to freely allocate allowances to EGUs and non-emitters, to auction allowances, and to […]

January 27, 2016

The Federal Power Act in the 21st Century

The Federal Power Act in the 21st Century. Summarizes a discussion among experts from academia, industry, public utility commissions, and environmental organizations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Federal […]

September 3, 2015