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Grid Reliability Through Clean Energy, Shelley Welton, Alexandra Klass, Joshua Macey, Hannah Wiseman
Grid Reliability Through Clean Energy, Shelley Welton, Alexandra Klass, Joshua Macey, Hannah Wiseman
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In the wake of recent high-profile power failures, policymakers and politicians have asserted that there is an inherent tension between the aims of clean energy and grid reliability. But continuing to rely on fossil fuels to avoid system outages will only exacerbate reliability challenges by contributing to increasingly extreme climate-related weather events. These extremes will disrupt the power supply, with impacts rippling far beyond the electricity sector.
This Article shows that much of the perceived tension between clean energy and reliability is a failure of law and governance resulting from the United States’ siloed approach to regulating the electric grid. …
A Time For Triage, Michael B. Gerrard
A Time For Triage, Michael B. Gerrard
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The world is desperately behind in the energy transformation needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Catching up requires a massive buildout of wind and solar power and associated infrastructure, but in the United States many impediments stand in the way. Among them, ironically enough, are environmental laws. Here I argue that we must accept difficult tradeoffs, sacrificing some of what we consider precious in order to avoid far worse impacts.