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Without Planning, Climate Change Will Bring More Texas-Style Blackouts

In the wake of the tragic February 2021 Texas winter storm and resulting power outages, this opinion piece argues that state regulators should require the electric industry to recognize the undeniable: climate change is here and it needs to be factored into their planning and decision making.

Romany Webb and Michael PanfilFebruary 23, 2021

Blog/News Article Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation

Utilities Should Be Required to Disclose Their Climate-Related Financial Risks

This article describes why states should ensure utilities are disclosing climate risk to their assets and operations.

Justin Gundlach, Michael Panfil and Romany WebbDecember 15, 2020

Agency Filing Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation

Comments on New York PSC Proceeding on Climate Risk Disclosure

These comments argue that New York State should require its electric and gas utilities—not their holding companies but the operating utilities themselves—to assess and disclose the climate risks they face.

Justin Gundlach, Jayni Hein, Sarah Ladin, Michael Panfil, Christine Pries and Romany WebbDecember 9, 2020

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Risk Management State Energy Regulation Summary Document

Policy Brief: Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector

This policy brief summarizes a report finding that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law.

Romany Webb, Michael Panfil and Sarah LadinDecember 3, 2020

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Report Risk Management State Energy Regulation

Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector: Legal Obligations to Advance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities

This report finds that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law. An updated version was published as a journal article in the Environmental Law Review in October 2021.

Romany Webb, Michael Panfil and Sarah LadinDecember 3, 2020

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Why Electric Utilities Must Engage in Climate Resilience Planning

This blog summarizes a report finding that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law.

Michael Panfil, Sarah Ladin and Romany WebbDecember 3, 2020

Adaptation as Risk Management Agency Filing Energy Regulation Risk Management State Energy Regulation

Comments to Connecticut PURA on Value of Distributed Energy Resources

These comments to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority discuss their proposed distributed energy resource value categories, encouraging the agencies to include electricity system resilience and community resilience in their list of value categories.

Justin GundlachAugust 21, 2019

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

Toward Resilience: Defining, Measuring, and Monetizing Resilience in the Electricity System

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

Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: The Electric Grid and Its Regulators—FERC and State Public Utility Commissions

This paper discusses how climate change will impact operation of the electric grid. It also explores proposals for adaptation to climate change and opportunities for advocates to push for their adoption.

Payal Nanavati and Justin GundlachSeptember 1, 2016

Agency Filing Energy Regulation State Energy Regulation

Direct Testimony of Professor Michael B. Gerrard on Behalf of Pace Energy and Climate Center

This testimony of Michael B. Gerrard urges the New York Public Service Commission to require Consolidated Edison to perform the Climate Change Vulnerability Study endorsed by the Commission in its 2014 order.

Michael GerrardMay 27, 2016

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