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Community-Scale Renewable Energy, Hannah J. Wiseman, Sara C. Bronin
Community-Scale Renewable Energy, Hannah J. Wiseman, Sara C. Bronin
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Dynamic Energy Federalism, Hannah J. Wiseman, Hari M. Osofsky
Dynamic Energy Federalism, Hannah J. Wiseman, Hari M. Osofsky
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United States energy law and the scholarship analyzing it are deeply fragmented. Each source of energy has a distinct legal regime, and limited federal regulation in some areas has resulted in divergent state and local approaches to regulation. Much of the existing energy law literature reflects these substantive and structural divisions, and focuses on particular aspects of the energy system and associated federalism disputes. However, in order to meet modern energy challenges—such as reducing risks from deepwater drilling and hydraulic fracturing, maintaining the reliability of the electricity grid in this period of rapid technological change, and producing cleaner energy—we need …
Urban Energy, Hannah J. Wiseman
Urban Energy, Hannah J. Wiseman
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Growing domestic energy development—the extraction of fuels and construction of electricity generation facilities—poses new challenges to a country accustomed to importing much of its energy. As has always been the case, fuel in the form of oil, gas, sunlight, wind, water, or other energy sources must be extracted wherever it happens to be found. Compounding this challenge is the fact that some of our most abundant remaining energy sources exist in low concentrations and are widely distributed. As we tap these sources in ever more numerous locations, energy development bumps up against certain human population centers. The City of Fort …