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Economic Solutions To Nuclear Energy's Financial Challenges, Zachary Robock
Economic Solutions To Nuclear Energy's Financial Challenges, Zachary Robock
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
This Note presents a legal, economic, and regulatory roadmap to drive long-term innovation in sustainable energy generation. Next-generation nuclear power, which fundamentally mitigates many safety and nuclear waste issues, is the focus of this Note; however, the economic concepts can be applied to encourage solar, wind, advanced battery, and other sustainable technologies with high upfront costs and low long-term variable costs. Advanced nuclear energy generation is economically competitive on a long-term levelized cost basis, but suffers from a timing issue—a large amount of capital is needed upfront, with repayment over several decades, during which time significant capital costs can accrue …
The Downeaster Alexa: Iconic Male V. A Perfect Storm Of Regulations, Maureen A. Eggert
The Downeaster Alexa: Iconic Male V. A Perfect Storm Of Regulations, Maureen A. Eggert
Touro Law Review
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Valuing Spectrum Allocations, Thomas W. Hazlett, Michael Honig
Valuing Spectrum Allocations, Thomas W. Hazlett, Michael Honig
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
Observing trends in which Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have become widely popular, some argue that unlicensed allocations hosting such wireless technologies are increasingly valuable and that administrative spectrum allocations should shift accordingly. We challenge that policy conclusion. A core issue is that the social value of a given spectrum allocation is widely assumed to equal the gains of the applications it is likely to host. This thinking is faulty, as vividly seen in what we deem the Broadcast TV Spectrum Valuation Fallacy – the idea that because wireless video, or broadcast network programs are popular, TV channels are efficiently defined. This …