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Nuclear Power: Black Sky Liability Or Black Sky Asset?, Sherrell R. Greene
Nuclear Power: Black Sky Liability Or Black Sky Asset?, Sherrell R. Greene
International Journal of Nuclear Security
Ready access to abundant electricity is a key enabler of modern life. During the past decade the vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure sectors in the U.S. to a variety of natural hazards and man-made threats has become increasingly apparent. The electrical infrastructure (the “Grid”) is the foundation for all other critical civil infrastructures upon which our society depends. Therefore, protection of the Grid is an energy security, homeland security, and national security issue of highest importance. Geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) induced by solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs), electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, and cyber attacks are three events having the potential to plunge …
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission V. Electric Power Supply Association, Keatan J. Williams
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission V. Electric Power Supply Association, Keatan J. Williams
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In a 6-2 opinion delivered by Justice Kagan, the United States Supreme Court upheld FERC Order No. 745, which regulates the prices that wholesale market operators pay for demand response bids. At issue in the case was whether this regulation exceeded FERC’s wholesale regulation authority under the Federal Power Act, thereby impinging on retail markets under state regulation, and whether the pricing regulations within the rule were chosen in an arbitrary and capricious manner. The Court held Order No. 745 withstood both challenges.