Public Utility Can State Sovereign Immunity Bar Eminent Domain for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines? Erin McLaughlin The Third Circuit’s In re PennEast decision may have given states a powerful tool for opposing pipeline construction.
Public Utility Reenergizing the Private Nondelegation Doctrine Nicholas Wallace This essay argues that FERC’s reliance on grid operators to develop electricity market rules runs afoul of constitutional limitations on delegations of government authority.
Public Utility Net-Metering in Georgia: Solar Panels or Smoke and Mirrors? Jacob Weber Georgia is a top-10 state for installed solar capacity. This article argues that it’s no thanks to the state’s net-metering scheme.
Energy Sparks Are Flying: The Growing Tension between Energy Storage and Fire Safety Stakeholders Abi Christoph First Place, Energy Law Writing Competition. In the winter of 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, bringing substantial flooding, power outages affecting over 8 million people, and over 70 billion dollars in damages.
Energy Xcel Energy and Traditional Cost-of-Service Ratemaking: De-risking Investment for a Carbon-Free Electricity Future Laurel Quinto Second Place, Energy Law Writing Competition. “There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.” Carbon dioxide has become the primary driver of climate change.
Energy Residential Demand Response in Wholesale Markets Rujeko Muza Third Place, Energy Law Writing Competition. In 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in FERC v. Electric Power Supply Ass’n.
Energy 2018 Energy Law Student Writing Competition Aaron Levine, Roger Feldman, and K.K. DuVivier. The ABA Energy Law Student Writing Competition encourages law students to explore energy law topics.
Energy Preemption, I Think Not: Evaluating California’s Stored Energy Procurement Law against FERC Order 841 Raymond Richards On February 15, 2018, FERC declared existing Regional Transmission Organization/Independent Systems Operator (RTO/ISO)1 market rules governing the inclusion of ESRs2 in the wholesale markets to be “unjust and unreasonable in light of barriers that they present to the participation of electric storage in the RTO/ISO markets, [because they] reduc[e] competition and [fail] to ensure just and reasonable rates.”
Energy Curb Appeal versus Renewable Energy: Ensuring Access to Solar Energy within Homeowners Associations Maddison Malone Riddick In 2010 an Omaha dentist named Timothy Adams installed forty thousand dollars’ worth of solar panels on the roof of his home hoping to utilize the clean energy they generated to save on his electric bill.
Energy Making Fossil Fuels Dormant Brandon Rattiner A 2014 polar bear sighting in Hawaii set environmental politics ablaze. “Hey Polar Bear,” President Obama shouted to Frostpaw the Polar Bear, minutes before finishing a round of golf in Hawaii.