Joel B. Eisen
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Profile
Professor Joel Eisen is a nationally recognized expert on energy law and policy. He is a co-author of a widely adopted textbook on energy law, Energy, Economics and the Environment, and the author of a comprehensive book on Advanced Introduction to Renewable Energy. He has also authored numerous books, book chapters, treatises, and law review articles on electric utility regulation and clean and renewable energy topics. His scholarship has appeared in journals at Harvard, UCLA, Duke, Notre Dame, George Washington, Utah, Fordham, Illinois, Wake Forest, U.C. Davis, and William & Mary law schools, among other venues. In recognition of his contributions to scholarship, Richmond Law named him the inaugural Austin Owen Research Fellow for 2013-2018, and Vermont Law School named him its Distinguished Energy Law Scholar for 2019. His article, Residential Renewable Energy: By Whom?, was honored as one of the top four environmental law articles of 2011. He was the University of Richmond’s Distinguished Educator for 2010-2011, and in spring 2009, a Fulbright Professor of Law at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China.Expand All
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Presentations
"Energy and Environmental Policies in the Second U.S. Trump Administration," 2d Annual ELAWNET Conference, University of Oslo (June 2025)
Co-presenter, "Energy Regulation and Public Participation," PLACE Conference, University of Virginia School of Law (April 2025)
Co-author, "Utilities With Purpose," Environmental Law and Policy Review, Environmental Law Institute & Vanderbilt Law School (March 2025)
"Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy," Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium - A Path to an Equitable Energy Transition, University of St. Thomas School of Law (November 2024)
"Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy," Online Workshop for Environmental Scholarship, University of Colorado Law School (November 2024)
"The Supreme Court’s New Administrative Law Doctrine," The Supreme Court’s New Administrative Law Doctrine, Virginia State Bar Administrative Law and Environmental Law Sections (September 2024)
"Navigating the Currents: U.S. Electricity Markets and the Green Energy Transition," Energy Law in the light of the green transition towards net zero emissions, ELAWNET - University of Oslo (May 2024)
"Hydrogen Laws and Policies in the United States," Annual Meeting 2023, Bucerius Law School - Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Energy, Climate and Sustainability (September 2023)
"Energy Transitions (Virtual Energy)," SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (May 2023)
"Energy Law Academic Perspective," Energy & Environmental Law Conference, ELSA Ireland - European Law Students Association (April 2023)
"Utility Reform Laws in the 2023 Virginia General Assembly Session," Symposium on General Assembly Updates, Virginia Bar Association Law School Council for Richmond Law (April 2023)
"Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation Under FERC Order 2222," Energy Law Currents: Energy Transition Under Uncertainty, Texas A&M Law School (March 2023)
"The Major Questions Doctrine," The Major Questions Doctrine, Richmond Law Federalist Society Chapter (March 2023)
Moderator, "Opportunities & Challenges of Energy Trading," 2023 JOLT Symposium, Richmond Journal of Law and Technology (February 2023)
"Virtual Energy," 2023 JOLT Symposium, Richmond Journal of Law and Technology (February 2023)
"Virtual Energy," 2030, 2050, & Beyond: Creating Effective, Practical, & Realistic Climate Goals, Texas A&M University School of Law (February 2023)
"Review of Energy and Environmental Law Ph.D. Presentations," Rijeka Doctoral Conference RIDOC 2022, University of Rijeka (December 2022)
"Managing Virtual Energy Resources and the need for Independent DSOs in the US," Seminar series - Law of Energy Market Design, University of Oslo (November 2022)
Presenter, "A Grand Bargain For Virtual Energy," Online Workshop for Environmental Scholarship, University of Colorado School of Law (October 2022)
"West Virginia v. EPA: A Debrief," Richmond Law, RELS & NLG at Richmond Law (July 2022)
"Scaling Up DERs in Wholesale Markets," Scaling Up Equitable Distributed Energy, Penn State Law (May 2022)
"Richmond Law Books: An Expert's Take on Renewable Energy Law," Faculty workshop series, University of Richmond School of Law (April 2022)
Moderator, "European energy policy in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine," European energy policy in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, University of Richmond School of Law (April 2022)
Moderator, "Emerging Issues in Environmental and Energy Justice," Environmental Justice and Its Impact on the Public Interest, Richmond Public Interest Law Review (April 2022)
Panelist, "Evaluating the Biden Administration’s Progress on a Clean Energy Transition," Center for Progressive Reform Scholars Meeting, Center for Progressive Reform (November 2021)
Panelist, "VCEA Implementation Challenges and Surprises," Virginia Clean Energy Summit, (October 2021)
Presenter, "Climate Policy in the Biden Administration," Multidisciplinary Energy Seminar, Seoul National University (July 2021)
Presenter, "The Biden Administration Climate Policy and Climate Compensation Litigation in the US," Bucerius Energy Law Day, Bucerius Law School (May 2021)
Presenter, "COVID-19 and Energy Justice: A Case Study in Virginia," Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 2020 Fall Symposium, Vermont Law School (October 2020)
Presenter, "COVID-19's Impact on Renewable Energy Development," Kansas Law Review Annual Symposium, University of Kansas Law School (October 2020)
Presenter, "Testimony on HB 1132, Virginia General Assembly, House Labor and Commerce Committee," Committee Meeting, House Labor and Commerce Committee (February 2020)
Presenter, "Testimony on HB 1297, Virginia General Assembly, House Labor and Commerce Committee," Committee meeting for Jan. 23, 2020, House Labor and Commerce Committee (January 2020)
Presenter, "Climate Change Litigation in the United States," 5th Bucerius Energy Day, Bucerius Law School (November 2019)
Presenter, "What I'm Working On," What I'm Working On lunchtime series, University of Richmond School of Law (September 2019)
Presenter, "Clean Energy Justice: Charting An Emerging Agenda," Hot Topics Summer Lecture Series, Vermont Law School (July 2019)
Presenter, "Climate Change in the Courts," Hot Topics Summer Lecture Series, Vermont Law School (July 2019)
Presenter, "Community Solar Across the Nation: Preliminary Lessons from Ongoing Projects," Energy Law Clinic, Vermont Law School (July 2019)
Presenter, "Utility Business Model Innovation: Emerging Trends and Best Practices," Advanced Energy Economy (East) conference, Advanced Energy Economy (July 2019)
Presenter, "Emerging Themes in Energy Equity," Fifth Annual Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, Arizona State University (June 2019)
Commentator, "The Role of Storage in the Grid of the Future," 2019 Austin Electricity Conference, University of Texas Law School (April 2019)
Presenter, "Capability Markets: Reliability Tools or Roadblocks to Progress," Power Shift: Regulating the Evolving Electricity Sector, Harvard Electricity Law Initiative/Duke Nicholas Institute (February 2019)
Presenter, "Clean Energy Justice: Charting an Emerging Agenda," Tenth Annual Energy Symposium, Texas A&M University School of Law (February 2019)
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Memberships
Member, Advisory Committee, Virginia Housing for the Environment
Member, American Bar Association, Section on Natural Resources and Environmental Law
Member, Board of Trustees, Richmond Shakespeare
Member, Advisory Board, Legal Information Network for Cancer (1998 - 2002)
Faculty Representative, American Association of Law Schools House of Representatives (1994 - 1995)
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Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
California
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Professional Experience
Professor of Law (2000 - present)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAFulbright Professor of Law (2009 - 2009)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VADirector, Robert R. Merhige Jr. Center for Environmental Law (1993 - 2005)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAAssociate Professor of Law (1997 - 2000)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAAssistant Professor of Law (1994 - 1997)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VAVisiting Assistant Professor of Law (1993 - 1994)
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VACounsel (1987 - 1993)
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CAAdjunct Professor (1992 - 1992)
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DCLecturer (1989 - 1989)
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC -
Institutional Service
Member, Direction of the Merhige Summer Stipend Program, ( to )
Member, Direction of the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition, ( to )
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Sachs, (2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31)
Chair, Reappointment Subcommittee for Professor Noah Sachs, (2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31)
Member, Tenure Subcommittee, Scholarship Reviewer for Two New Hires, (2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31)
Affiliate Faculty, Modern Literatures and Cultures Department, (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Jepson School of Leadership Studies (tenure review of Professor Thad Williamson), (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Member, Steering Committee, Chinese Studies Major, (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Member, University Committee on Grievances, (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Chair, Distinguished Educator Committee, (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Member, Distinguished Educator Committee, (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Member, Tenure Subcommittee, Promotion and Tenure Committee (Review of New Hire), (2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31)
Co-Chair, Committee on Student and Alumni Affairs, (2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31)
Member, Advisory Board, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, (2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31)
Member, Committee on Student and Alumni Affairs, (2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31)
Member, Committee to Draft Campus Climate Action, (2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31)
Committee Chair, Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, (2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31)
Member, Fulbright Scholarship Evaluation Committee, (2008-01-01 to 2008-12-31)
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, (2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31)
Member, Committee on Honorary Degrees, (2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31)
Co-Chair, Committee on Student and Alumni Affairs, (2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31)
Member, Committee on Student and Alumni Affairs, (2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31)
Member, University Faculty Council, (2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31)
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, (2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31)
Faculty Leader, George E. Allen Chair in Law Visiting Scholars Series, Theme: "Resolving International Environmental Disputes in the 1990s and Beyond", (1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31)
Chair, Search Committee for Director of the Law Library, (1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31)
Member, Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, (1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31)
Member, Library and Technology Committee, (1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31)
Faculty Advisor, Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition, (1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31)
Faculty Secretary, Faculty Colloquy Committee, (1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31)
Member, Faculty Colloquy Committee, (1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31)
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Presentations
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Publications
Books
Advanced Introduction to Law and Renewable Energy (Edward Elgar Publishing) (July 2021).
Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials University Casebook Series (Foundation Press 5th ed.) (Joel Eisen et al., eds.) (December 2019).
Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials University Casebook Series (Foundation Press 4th ed.) (Joel B. Eisen et al., eds.) (2015).
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures in the United States Electric Power Industry Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law (Edward Elgar Publishing) (2015).
Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials University Casebook Series (Foundation Press 3rd ed.) (Fred Bosselman et al., eds.) (2010).
Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials University Casebook Series (Foundation Press 2nd ed.) (Fred Bosselman et al., eds.) (2006).
Structuring Commercial Real Estate Workouts: Alternatives to Foreclosure (Wolters Kluwer 2d) (with W. Berryhill et al.) (1999).
Structuring Commercial Real Estate Workouts: Alternatives to Foreclosure Supplement (Wolters Kluwer) (with W. Berryhill et al.) (1998).
Journal ArticlesImpacts of Recent US Supreme Court Administrative Law Jurisprudence on The Electricity Wholesale Markets, April 2025 OGEL Energy Law Journal (MARIS) (2025) ("Advance publication" - issue and page numbers to follow).
Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy, San Diego Law Review (with Heather Payne)
Hydrogen Law and Policy Initiatives in the United States, 81 Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht (ZUR) (German journal for environmental law) (2024).
Utilities With Purpose, Florida Law Review 987 (with Heather Payne) (2024) (with Heather Payne).
A Model For Community-Led Energy Planning and Climate Justice: Renewable Energy Development on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai , 74 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 1 (with Mark Glick) (2024) (with Mark B. Glick).
Virtual Energy, University of Illinois Law Review 107 (2024) (With Heather Payne and Felix Mormann).
Rebuilding Grid Governance, 48 BYU Law Review 1057 (with Heather Payne) (2023).
COVID-19 and Energy Justice: Utility Bill Relief in Virginia, 57 University of Richmond Law Review 155 (2022).
COVID-19's Impact on Renewable Energy, 69 Kansas Law Review (2021).
Clean Energy Justice: Charting an Emerging Agenda, 43 Harvard Environmental Law Review 307 (with Shelley Welton) (2019).
Free Trade in Electric Power, 2018 Utah Law Review 49 (with Felix Mormann) (2018).
The New(Clear?) Electricity Federalism: Federal Preemption of States' "Zero Emissions Credit" Programs, 45 Ecology Law Quarterly Currents 149 (2018).
Demand Response's Three Generations: Market Pathways and Challenges in the Modern Electric Grid, 18 North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology 351 (2017).
Duel Electricity Federalism Is Dead, But How Dead, and What Replaces It?, 8 George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 3 (2017).
FERC v. EPSA and the Path to a Cleaner Electricity Sector, 40 Harvard Environmental Law Review Forum 1 (2016).
FERC's Expansive Authority to Transform the Electric Grid, 49 U.C. Davis Law Review 1783 (2016).
An Open Access Distribution Tariff: Removing Barriers to Innovation on the Smart Grid, 61 UCLA Law Review 1712 (2014).
Tackling Climate Change: Don't Forget Energy Efficiency, New York Law Journal (with Todd Aagaard) (2014).
Smart Regulation and Federalism for the Smart Grid, 37 Harvard Environmental Law Review 1 (2013).
Who Regulates the Smart Grid: FERC's Authority over Demand Response Compensation in Wholesale Electricity Markets, 4 San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law 69 (2013).
Distributed Energy Resources, "Virtual Power Plants," and the Smart Grid, 7 University of Houston Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal 191 (2012) (invited symposium issue).
Finality in Brownfields Remediation and Reuse, 41 Southwestern Law Review 773 (2012) (invited symposium issue).
China's Greentech Programs and the USTR Investigation, 11 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 3 (2011).
New Energy Geopolitics?: China, Renewable Energy, and the "Greentech Race", 86 Chicago-Kent Law Review 9 (2011).
Residential Renewable Energy: By Whom?, 31 Utah Environmental Law Review 339 (2011) (invited symposium issue; selected as one of the top four environmental law and policy articles of 2011 by the Environmental Law Institute and Vanderbilt University Law School).
Can Urban Solar become a "Disruptive" Technology?: The Case for Solar Utilities, 24 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy 53 (2010).
China's Renewable Energy Law: A Platform for Green Leadership?, 35 William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 1 (2010) (invited symposium issue).
Brownfields Development: From Individual Sites to Smart Growth, Agenda For a Sustainable America (Environmental Law Institute) (2009).
Brownfields and BRAC: A Surprising "Compatibility", 32 William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 403 (2008).
Brownfields at 20: A Critical Reevaluation, 34 Fordham Urban Law Journal 721 (2007).
Rapanos, Carabell, and the Isolated Man, 40 University of Richmond Law Review 1099 (2006) (invited symposium issue).
Regulatory Linearity, Commerce Clause Brinksmanship, and Retrenchment in Electric Utility Deregulation, 40 Wake Forest Law Review 545 (2005) (invited article in dedicated issue on "Realizing the Promise of Electricity Deregulation").
The Blackout of 2003: What Is Next?, 39 University of Richmond Law Review 709 (2005) (symposium remarks).
The Environmental Responsibility of the Regionalizing Electric Utility Industry, 15 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 295 (2005) (invited symposium issue).
The Trajectory of Normal after 9/11: Trauma, Recovery and Post-Traumatic Societal Adaptation, 14 Fordham Environmental Law Journal 499 (2003) (invited symposium issue).
A Case Study of Sustainable Development: Brownfields, 32 Environmental Law Reporter 10420 (2002).
Practice, Policy, and Pedagogy in a Mandatory Environmental Law Course, 123 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 409 (2000).
Brownfields Policies for Sustainable Cities, 9 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 187 (1999).
From Stockholm to Kyoto and Back to the United States: International Environmental Law's Effect on Domestic Law, 32 University of Richmond Law Review 1435 (1999).
Are We Ready for Mediation in Cyberspace, 1998 Brigham Young University Law Review 1305 (1998).
"Brownfields of Dreams?": Challenges and Limits of Voluntary Cleanup Programs and Incentives, 1996 University of Illinois Law Review 883 (1996).
Policy in the Wake of the Incident, 29 University of Richmond Law Review 521 (with Gerald McCarthy et al.) (1995).
Toward a Sustainable Urbanism: Lessons from Federal Regulation of Urban Stormwater Runoff, 48 Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 1 (1995).
Antitrust Reform for Joint Production Ventures, 30 Jurimetrics Journal 253 (1990).
Recent Developments in Housing and Community Development, 15 Urban Lawyer 858 (with Barbara Sarshik et al.) (1983).
Book ChaptersClimate Policy in the Biden Administration, in Building a Legal Framework for a Green Electricity Energy Transition in the Green New Deal Era (Seoul National University ) (December 2022).
Smart Grid Standards Development and Patent Protection in the United States: Striking the Balance Between Dramatic Overhaul of the Electric Grid and Encouragement of Innovation, in Intellectual Property and Sustainable Markets (Edward Elgar Publishing) (with Kristen Osenga) (2021).
Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources in the United States: Current Uses and Potential For More Widespread Deployment, in European Energy Law Report 13 (Intersentia) (January 2020).
Linking Legal Framework Design and Risk Theory to Consumer Acceptance of the Smart Grid, in Smart Grid Law and Policy (Seoul National University School of Law) (with Emily Hammond) (2017).
Demand Response in Wholesale Markets, in Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: A Reader (Edinburgh University Press ) (2016).
Introduction: Themes in Energy Law, in Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press) (2015).
Stigmatized Sites and Urban Brownfields Redevelopment, in The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics (Oxford University Press) (2015).
International Standards For the Smart Grid, in Smart Grid Law and Policy (Seoul National University) (2014).
Energy and Environmental Law, in Perspectives on American Law (Peking University Press) (2013).
Energy Industries – Renewables, in China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability, Encyclopedia of Sustainability (Berkshire Publishing) (2012).
Sustainability Strategies For Urban Brownfields Redevelopment, in Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability (Environmental Law Institute) (2012).
Utilities Regulation, in The Law and Politics of Sustainability, Encyclopedia of Sustainability (Berkshire Publishing) (2011).
A Case Study of Sustainable Development: Brownfields, in Stumbling Toward Sustainability (Environmental Law Institute) (2002).
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Environmental Protection Agency, in Federal Administrative Dispute Resolution Deskbook for Practitioners (American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice) (2001).
Practice, Policy, and Pedagogy in a Mandatory Environmental Law Course, in Environmental Challenges (Springer) (with Michael Wolf) (2000).
Tenancy in Common, Tenancy in Partnership, and Tenancy in Coparcenary, in Powell on Real Property (2000).
Book ReviewsReview - The Electric Battery: Charging Forward to a Low-Carbon Future, 34 Energy Research & Social Science 141 (2017).
Books: A Guide to Chinese Eco-Law, China Dialogue (July 2011).
Conference ProceedingsSino-American Relations: Environmental Protection & Climate Change: A Framework For Discussion, Sino-American Relations Workshop (The Fulbright Program, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Fudan University) (May 2009).
A Critique of the Regulations Revising the U.S. Clean Air Act's New Source Review Program, Proceedings of the 13th World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress (August 2004).
Alternative Dispute Resolution In American Environmental Conflicts: A Framework For Analysis And Application To Environmental Protection In Israel, VI(A) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference 321 (Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences) (1996).
Blog PostsAddressing Climate Change Requires Creating Utilities With Purpose, Oxford Business Law Blog (Oxford Business Law Blog) (with Heather Payne) (November 2023).
Addressing Climate Change Requires Creating Utilities With Purpose, CLS Blue Sky Blog (Columbia Law School) (with Heather Payne) (October 2023).
Newspaper ArticlesThe Supreme Court's New Electricity Federalism, Daily Environment Report B-1 (May 2016).
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In the News
Supreme Court rejects case that would have jeopardized FERC staffing (EnergyWire)
Tue., Oct. 22, 2024FERC staffing at risk in Supreme Court fight over agency power (EnergyWire)
Fri., Sep. 6, 2024FERC Chevron doctrine fight arrives at Supreme Court (EnergyWire)
Tue., Jul. 23, 2024Challenges to FERC grid rule set up post-Chevron court test (EnergyWire)
Thu., Jul. 18, 2024Chevron’s first solar casualty (Politico)
Fri., Jul. 5, 2024Chevron ruling reshapes energy regulations and federal authority (Environmental Health News)
Wed., Jul. 3, 2024FERC Is Already Split Over the End of Chevron (Heatmap News)
Wed., Jul. 3, 2024Former Trump official: Chevron decision could spark ‘hurricane’ for offshore wind (Greenwire)
Wed., Jul. 3, 2024Supreme Court overturns FERC solar approval after Chevron’s demise (EnergyWire)
Wed., Jul. 3, 2024How Chevron’s fall could remake the energy sector (Scientific American)
Mon., Jul. 1, 2024Wall Street’s Supreme Court win could slow energy enforcement (EnergyWire)
Fri., Jun. 28, 2024Virginia Lawmakers Elect Pivotal Utility Regulators To Oversee Energy Transition (Inside Climate News)
Sun., Feb. 18, 2024Why Vineyard Wind is a legal test case for US clean energy (Climatewire)
Fri., Jan. 19, 2024Environment and energy cases to watch this year (Politico)
Mon., Jan. 8, 2024Energy cases to watch in 2024 (EnergyWire)
Tue., Jan. 2, 2024An Animal Cruelty Case Could Create Chaos For Clean Energy (Law360)
Fri., Oct. 7, 2022What a Supreme Court case on pigs means for renewable energy (EnergyWire)
Fri., Oct. 7, 2022Can a new FERC grid planning proposal succeed in the South? (EnergyWire)
Thu., Oct. 6, 2022Regulators to FERC: Don’t mess with Texas transmission (EnergyWire)
Mon., Sep. 26, 2022Circuit Split Clouds Grid Project Construction Fights (Law360)
Thu., Sep. 1, 2022Could Supreme Court ruling thwart FERC's clean energy plans? (EnergyWire)
Wed., Jul. 6, 2022Major grid dilemma: Treat fossil fuels like renewables? (EnergyWire)
Thu., May. 5, 2022Outdated zoning laws are holding renewable energy back (Popular Science)
Mon., May. 2, 2022Northeast grid rules hampering renewables (EnergyWire)
Fri., Mar. 18, 2022Florida Power & Light Class Action Opens Door to Subrogation, Future Storm Claims (Insurance Journal)
Tue., Jan. 18, 2022Season 2, Episode 2: Professor Joel B. Eisen (Energy Bar Association EBA Energy Exchange Podcast)
Mon., Oct. 4, 2021In shift to renewables, BP seeks FERC approval to sell power (E&E News)
Tue., Apr. 27, 2021Ex-chair urges FERC to examine failed transmission case (E&E News)
Tue., Mar. 2, 2021Can You Sue When the Power Goes Out? Liability Shields Explained (Bloomberg Law)
Wed., Feb. 17, 2021SCC to reconsider its denial of higher rates for Appalachian Power (The Roanoke Times)
Wed., Dec. 16, 2020Power Play: Inside the Dominion lobbying blitz that's going to raise your electric bills (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Fri., Oct. 9, 2020FERC To Take On Carbon Pricing's Place In Power Markets (Law360)
Tue., Sep. 29, 2020Landmark court ruling could spur FERC 'sea change' (E&E News - Premium)
Wed., Jul. 1, 2020Pa. Nuke Bailout Bill Fuels Political Fight With Gas Sector (Law360)
Tue., Mar. 19, 2019UR professor is energy law scholar (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sun., Feb. 10, 2019McNamee won't recuse himself from resilience debates unless they 'closely resemble' coal bailout (Utility Dive)
Tue., Jan. 8, 2019Senate confirms McNamee, and challenges await (EnergyWire)
Fri., Dec. 7, 2018Trump taps regulatory czar Neomi Rao for Kavanaugh's DC Circuit slot (S&P Global)
Wed., Nov. 14, 2018Chatterjee takes reins as McIntyre steps down (EnergyWire)
Thu., Oct. 25, 2018Shake-up at energy regulator raises specter of coal bailout (Bloomberg)
Wed., Oct. 24, 2018Kavanaugh on FERC: Keg half full (RTO Insider)
Sun., Oct. 7, 2018Commission - not staff - should've decided EQT pipeline, democrats say (Bloomberg Law)
Thu., Aug. 30, 2018Likely energy regulator nominee was advocate for coal bailout (Bloomberg Environment)
Thu., Aug. 9, 2018Kavanaugh pick threatens EPA policies, FERC authority, lawyers say (Utility Dive)
Wed., Jul. 11, 2018FERC: 3-2 decision rejects PJM capacity market fixes (EnergyWire)
Mon., Jul. 2, 2018PJM market ruling could impact states' clean energy plans (Bloomberg Environment)
Mon., Jul. 2, 2018Kennedy's exit is big for environmental law. Energy law? Meh (EnergyWire)
Fri., Jun. 29, 2018Powelson exit may cause policy logjam at FERC (Law360)
Fri., Jun. 29, 2018Powelson to leave FERC deadlocked on gas pipelines, grappling with resilience (Utility Dive)
Fri., Jun. 29, 2018Powelson leaving FERC to head water lobby (RTO Insider)
Thu., Jun. 28, 2018Why Trump is going national with bid to save coal, nuclear (Washington Examiner)
Tue., Jun. 26, 2018What a coal bailout could look like in the U.S. and Wyoming (Wyoming Public Media)
Fri., Jun. 15, 2018What Trump's "unprecedented" power plant bailout would mean for the Ohio Valley (WV Public Broadcasting)
Mon., Jun. 11, 2018Trump's energy blitz and the legal showdown to come (EnergyWire)
Fri., Jun. 8, 2018FERC could have role in Trump's plan for coal, nuclear (GreenWire)
Tue., Jun. 5, 2018How Trump's 'Soviet-style' coal directive would upend power markets (Utility Dive)
Mon., Jun. 4, 2018The real barrier to Trump's coal bailout? His own appointees (Bloomberg)
Fri., Jun. 1, 2018Trump orders a lifeline for struggling coal and nuclear plants (The New York Times)
Fri., Jun. 1, 2018Trump orders coal, nuke bailout, citing national security (RTO Insider)
Fri., Jun. 1, 2018Trump orders DOE to halt coal, nuclear retirements (GreenWire)
Fri., Jun. 1, 2018Trump subverts FERC with coal, nuke plant bailout order (Law360)
Fri., Jun. 1, 2018State-Federal rift pushes power markets to breaking point (Law360)
Thu., May. 10, 2018Bids for emergency grid order are opened for public comment (GreenWire)
Wed., Apr. 11, 2018Trump push to shorten gas pipeline reviews may limit public input (Bloomberg Environment)
Wed., Apr. 11, 2018Legal morass threatens to put FirstEnergy request on ice (E&E News)
Tue., Apr. 10, 2018Perry position on FES request for PJM emergency order complicated by Trump comment (Platts)
Fri., Apr. 6, 2018FirstEnergy asks DOE for emergency action to save PJM coal, nuke plants (Utility Dive)
Thu., Mar. 29, 2018FirstEnergy asks DOE for emergency coal, nuclear bailout (PV Magazine)
Thu., Mar. 29, 2018FirstEnergy urges DOE to force coal, nuke plant payments (Law360)
Thu., Mar. 29, 2018Utility requests DOE order to rescue power plants (GreenWire)
Thu., Mar. 29, 2018The battery will kill fossil fuels - it's only a matter of time (Bloomberg Technology)
Thu., Mar. 8, 2018The 'stealth NOPR?' PJM CEO says market reforms are no bailout for coal (Utility Dive)
Thu., Mar. 1, 2018FERC advancing clean energy despite Trump's fossil focus (Law360)
Fri., Feb. 23, 2018Agency pushes back on reports of coal bailout (GreenWire)
Fri., Feb. 9, 2018Trump administration is weighing emergency aid for some coal plants (Bloomberg Politics)
Thu., Feb. 8, 2018'FERC did its job:' Former regulators, lawyers laud DOE NOPR rejection (UtilityDive)
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018Critics slam Perry after FERC blocks his 'crazy Hail Mary' (GreenWire)
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018US Regulators reject Trump's plan to subsidise coal & nuclear (Metering & Smart Energy International)
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018FERC nixes Perry's plan to pay coal, nuke plants (Law360)
Mon., Jan. 8, 2018US regulators reject subsidy plan for coal and nuclear power plants (Financial Times)
Mon., Jan. 8, 20185 battles to watch in 2018 (E&E News)
Fri., Jan. 5, 2018Chatterjee pans 'hyperbolic' reaction to his interim NOPR pitch (Utility Dive)
Thu., Nov. 16, 2017What does the general public think about Perry's grid plan? (GreenWire)
Fri., Oct. 27, 2017Energy bid to support coal, nuke plants called illegal (Bloomberg BNA)
Tue., Oct. 24, 2017Regional operators' rebuke of Perry plan may sway FERC (Law360)
Tue., Oct. 24, 2017Rick Perry's plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants is bonkers (Vox)
Wed., Oct. 4, 2017Perry calls on FERC to dismantle U.S. energy markets (EnergyWire)
Mon., Oct. 2, 2017US delivers electric shock with coal and nuclear subsidy plan (Financial Times)
Sun., Oct. 1, 2017Perry's FERC grid pricing plan would roil energy markets (Law360)
Fri., Sep. 29, 2017Ill. nuke subsidy ruling boosts states' clean energy push (Law360)
Mon., Jul. 17, 2017Energy cases to watch in 2nd half of 2017 (Law360)
Fri., Jun. 16, 2017State clean power policies seen as touch to upend (Law360)
Tue., May. 9, 2017Perry's vision of a powerful federal role has its limits (EnergyWire)
Thu., Apr. 27, 2017Trump upends a strategy to paint nuclear neon green (Energywire)
Mon., Nov. 21, 2016Trump presidency won't be a red light for green energy (Law360)
Thu., Nov. 10, 2016NY nuke plant subsidies will likely face legal battle (Law360)
Tue., Aug. 2, 2016FERC scores again as high court knocks down Md. program (Greenwire)
Tue., Apr. 19, 2016High court power subsidy ruling keeps states in the dark (Law360)
Tue., Apr. 19, 2016Garland could be agency ally in energy, enviro rules fights (Law360)
Wed., Mar. 16, 2016Trio of Supreme Court cases could electrify U.S. energy markets (Voice of America)
Mon., Feb. 29, 2016Justices appear convinced state subsidy enters FERC turf (Bloomberg BNA)
Thu., Feb. 25, 2016Supreme Court set to hear state-federal power market jurisdiction case (Utility Dive)
Wed., Feb. 24, 2016Supreme Court to assess if FERC preempts subsidy program (Bloomberg BNA)
Tue., Feb. 23, 2016Supreme Court to hear major grid case without Scalia (Greenwire)
Mon., Feb. 22, 2016High court stay could spell doom for EPA's Clean Power Plan (Law360)
Wed., Feb. 10, 2016Supreme Court's FERC opinion offers cluse about next big case (Greenwire)
Tue., Jan. 26, 2016The word from SCOTUS: FERC has the DR authority (Intelligent Utility)
Mon., Jan. 25, 2016High court split over limits of FERC power demand authority (Law360)
Wed., Oct. 14, 2015Power grab? Court to weigh mandate for incentives to use less electricity during peak demand (The Washington Times)
Thu., May. 28, 2015Supreme Court to hear major energy law federalism case (CPR Blog)
Wed., May. 6, 2015Calling for open access distribution tariff, law professor looks to telecom models (SNL)
Mon., Sep. 29, 2014Could a new tax save the smart grid? This expert thinks so (Smart Grid News)
Wed., Sep. 10, 2014China's Fast Path to Green Tech (The Tyee [Canada])
Tue., Nov. 27, 2012Congress Sinks Biofuel's Hopes For US Military Boost (Law360)
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