This book chapter discusses specific policy changes to electric power mandates, subsidies, and retail customer charges that can help facilitate the transition to deep decarbonization of the power sector.
Jim RossiFebruary 21, 2019
This paper discusses the substantial improvement/damage (SI/SD) standard in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which requires property owners making significant improvements or repairs to structures in areas most vulnerable to flooding to take certain measures to mitigate their risk. It also surveys more rigorous SI/SD standards adopted by NFIP…
Dena Adler and Joel ScataJanuary 22, 2019
A new wave of “failure to adapt” lawsuits has sought to clarify how a changing climate may change what reasonable preparations governments and private actors must take, including increasing the resilience of their infrastructure. These suits span constitutional, tort, and statutory law more broadly, but unprepared owners of energy infrastructure…
Dena AdlerDecember 19, 2018
This report follows TCFD's framework for disclosure and provides support and guidance to oil and gas companies and investors for how to put the TCFD framework to use for disclosure of methane emissions.
Andrew Logan, Sean Allen, Sean Wright and Kate GaumondOctober 17, 2018
This report aims to assist policymakers in understanding grid resilience and evaluating potential interventions aimed at improving grid resilience. It develops a definition of resilience grounded in academic literature; describes a methodology for calculating the costs and benefits of potential grid resilience improvements; identifies legal authorities that states and federal…
Burcin Unel and Avi ZevinAugust 1, 2018
These comments were submitted in response to FERC's Notice of Inquiry into possible changes to its natural gas certification policy. The comments argue, among other things, that FERC should consider how climate change will affect the construction and operation of natural gas infrastructure in its certification decisions.
Romany Webb and Jessica WentzJune 18, 2018
This article finds that as FERC has mostly ended its regulation of wholesale markets, states have responded with regulatory change creating a back and forth between them to ensure statutory duties are met and to avoid regulatory gaps, and argues that this "exit" and "exchange" of duties is good, and…
Jim Rossi and Hannah WisemanJune 5, 2018
These comments to FERC on its grid resilience docket argue that the Commission should not take mandatory national or regional action, but instead encourage RTOs to continue to systematically evaluate the resilience of the bulk power system and be open to proposals to make specific resilience improvements. The comments more…
Burcin Unel and Avi ZevinMay 9, 2018
These comments were submitted in response to FERC's request for input on the resilience of the bulk power system in areas overseen by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO/ISOs). The comments argue that RTO/ISOs' efforts to address resilience have given insufficient weight to the impacts of climate change,…
Romany WebbApril 13, 2018
This report discusses recommendations for grid operator climate change planning.
Justin Gundlach and Romany WebbFebruary 20, 2018