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Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article

Constrained Regulatory Exit in Energy Law

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

Agency Filing Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation

Comments to FERC on Electric Grid Resilience Order

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

Agency Filing Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation

Comments on FERC’s Review of Grid Resilience in Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators

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

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Climate Change Impacts on the Bulk Power System: Assessing Vulnerabilities and Planning for Resilience

This report discusses recommendations for grid operator climate change planning.

Justin Gundlach and Romany WebbFebruary 20, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article Risk Management State Energy Regulation

Microgrids and Resilience to Climate-Driven Impacts on Public Health

This article examines how the definitions of resilience adopted by the public health and electricity communities can, but do not necessarily, converge in responses to electricity outages so severe that they affect the operation of critical infrastructure, such as wastewater treatment and drinking water facilities, hospitals, and cooling centers. The…

Justin GundlachFebruary 1, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Transforming (Perceived) Rigidity in Environmental Law through Adaptive Governance: A Case of Endangered Species Act Implementation

This article identifies barriers to an integrated approach to the ESA's Section 7 Consultation requirement and characterizes a set of strategies for overcoming its rigidity that may have broader applicability.

J.B. Ruhl and OthersDecember 1, 2017

Private Governance Risk Management Textbook

Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change

Starting with the insight that much of the resistance to climate mitigation is grounded in concern about the role of government, this book draws on law, policy, social science, and climate science to demonstrate how private initiatives are already bypassing government inaction in the U.S. and around the world and…

Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan GilliganDecember 1, 2017

Adaptation as Risk Management Essay Risk Management

Environmental Law at the Borders

This essay discusses how NEPA, the ESA and other procedrual environmental laws have become inapplicable "at the borders" by recounting the legal context of the Keystone pipeline and border wall.

J.B. RuhlNovember 17, 2017

Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

The Role of Individual and Household Behavior in Decarbonization

This article argues that household behavior matters for deep decarbonization and laws, policies, and programs that target behavioral change can be employed to facilitate decarbonization

Michael Vandenbergh and Paul SternNovember 1, 2017

Essay Private Governance Risk Management

Private Governance and the New Private Advocacy

This article argues that an exclusive focus on public governance and advocacy will miss opportunities to affect large aspects of the modern regulatory landscape and suggests that private advocacy and private governance will play a growing role in environmental law and policy as the federal role in environmental protection shrinks.

Michael Vandenbergh and Ben RakerSeptember 1, 2017

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