This article finds that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law. A previous version was released as a report in December 2020.
Stephanie JonesOctober 29, 2021
Michael Panfil testified in a Hearing on Climate Resilience of Transportation and Electric Infrastructure before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. As demonstrated in these remarks, well-designed climate resilience planning is feasible using data and tools available today. The same is true with respect to existing…
Stephanie JonesOctober 4, 2021
Romany Webb testified in a Hearing on Climate Resilience of Transportation and Electric Infrastructure before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, making two key points: First, climate change poses serious risks to the electricity system, which are fundamentally different from other risks, including ordinary weather-related risks,…
Stephanie JonesOctober 4, 2021
These post-technical conference comments provide further recommendations on how FERC can support effective climate resilience planning throughout the energy system, supplementing an earlier set of pre-technical conference comments.
Stephanie JonesSeptember 27, 2021
These comments to the Michigan PSC recommend that it require electric utilities under its jurisdiction to regularly assess their climate-related vulnerabilities and identify measures to make their systems resilient to climate impacts.
Stephanie JonesSeptember 24, 2021
This article presents a historical, evidentiary, and normative case for a private tort against public utilities for failure to adjust operational and planning decisions to new conditions brought about by climate change.
Stephanie JonesAugust 23, 2021
In response to a Proposed Rulemaking, these comments support a petition by the Sabin Center, EDF, and other entities for the NYPSC to require utilities to engage in climate change vulnerability studies. The comments draw on sources including the joint Sabin Center and EDF paper Climate Risk in the Electricity…
Stephanie JonesJune 28, 2021
This petition by the Sabin Center, EDF, and other entities asks the NYPSC to require utilities to engage in climate change vulnerability studies.
Stephanie JonesMarch 19, 2021