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New York State Leading On Utility Climate Change Adaptation, Ethan Strell, Christine Fazio
New York State Leading On Utility Climate Change Adaptation, Ethan Strell, Christine Fazio
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
In a precedent-setting decision, the New York State Public Service Commission unanimously approved a settlement on Feb. 20, 2014, requiring Con Edison to implement state-of-the-art measures to plan for and protect its electric, gas, and steam systems from the effects of climate change. Although issued in the context of Con Edison’s rate case, the commission’s order issued on Feb. 21, 2014, explicitly broadened the sweep of its order to address resiliency measures for all utilities in New York State.
The Day After Tomorrow: A Survey Of How Gulf Coast State Utility Commissions And Utilities Are Preparing For Future Storms, Katherine Carey
The Day After Tomorrow: A Survey Of How Gulf Coast State Utility Commissions And Utilities Are Preparing For Future Storms, Katherine Carey
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
With widespread outages caused by devastating natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Ike in the nation’s recent memory, the public wants to know that the electric utility industry is prepared to withstand and respond to the storms of the future. But is the industry prepared? The government’s role in regulating the electric utility industry makes it impossible to properly analyze why industry players are prepared or unprepared without looking at the actions and decisions of the state regulatory officials. The industry’s actions are inherently tied to the regulations it is required to follow and the costs it is …
Federalism Obstacles To Advancing Renewable Energy, Michael B. Gerrard
Federalism Obstacles To Advancing Renewable Energy, Michael B. Gerrard
Faculty Scholarship
Many states have been taking steps to increase the use of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. However, because electricity is a commodity in interstate commerce and electrons once on the grid do not respect state borders, these state efforts have begun to collide with the dormant Commerce Clause (the principle that the Constitution’s grant of authority to Congress to regulate commerce among the states also limits the ability of the states to discriminate against other states) and related constitutional doctrines.