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Rebuilding Grid Governance, Joel B. Eisen, Heather E. Payne
Rebuilding Grid Governance, Joel B. Eisen, Heather E. Payne
BYU Law Review
As climate change sharpens the focus on our electricity systems, there is widespread agreement that the institutions that govern our electric grid must change to realize a clean energy future in the timescale necessary. Scholars are actively debating how grid governance needs to change, but in this Article we demonstrate that current proposals are insufficient because they do not contemplate “rebuilding.” This Article defines “rebuilding” as ending entities tasked with grid governance and creating new ones to take their place. We propose what no one else has: an overarching framework for rebuilding any grid governance institutions.
This Article discusses when …
Balancing Domestic Nuclear Industry Viability With International Security: Imminent Changes To Nuclear Export Control Regulations, H. Brendan Burke
Balancing Domestic Nuclear Industry Viability With International Security: Imminent Changes To Nuclear Export Control Regulations, H. Brendan Burke
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.
Adaptive Mitigation In The Electric Power Sector, Lesley K. Mcallister
Adaptive Mitigation In The Electric Power Sector, Lesley K. Mcallister
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Smart Growth In Dumb Places: Sustainability, Disaster, And The Future Of The American City, Lisa Grow Sun
Smart Growth In Dumb Places: Sustainability, Disaster, And The Future Of The American City, Lisa Grow Sun
BYU Law Review
One of the many lessons of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan is that we cannot mitigate disaster risk through building codes and other structural solutions alone. Location is key to a community’s natural hazard vulnerability. Consequently, the most far-reaching and important question for disaster mitigation today is where we will channel the growth that will be needed to accommodate our expanding population. Yet, both environmental scholars and policymakers are promoting sustainability initiatives that will channel our country’s future growth into existing urban areas that are already extremely vulnerable to disaster. Indeed, many of these policies - and the …
Adapting To Climate Change While Planning For Disaster: Footholds, Rope Lines, And The Iowa Floods, Robert R.M. Verchick, Abby Hall
Adapting To Climate Change While Planning For Disaster: Footholds, Rope Lines, And The Iowa Floods, Robert R.M. Verchick, Abby Hall
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Privatization Of Space Ventures: Proposing A Proven Regulatory Theory For Future Extraterrestral Appropriation, Jonathan Thomas
Privatization Of Space Ventures: Proposing A Proven Regulatory Theory For Future Extraterrestral Appropriation, Jonathan Thomas
Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review
No abstract provided.