Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative, discusses FERC’s pending reforms to the electric transmission development process in the U.S., and the legal challenges they'll likely face.
America’s Electric Power Transmission Crisis
Long-distance electric transmission lines are a critical to the energy transition, yet construction of new lines has come to a near standstill in the U.S. Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies discusses recent market and regulatory action to resurrect transmission development.
Proposed FERC Rules Aim to Accelerate Grid Decarbonization
The United States’ electricity regulator has proposed two major electricity market reforms that could speed the pace of renewable energy development.
U.S. Electricity Regulator Grapples with Barriers to A Clean Grid
Who will pay for the electric grid of the future? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission explores options to incentivize and finance a vast transmission network to support clean energy.
Can the FERC Be Made Accountable to Communities and the Environment?
Congress has directed the nation’s regulator for natural gas and electricity infrastructure to be more responsive to community and environmental concerns. Will FERC’s new Office of Public Participation deliver on the promise of public inclusion?
Energy Regulator FERC Finds Itself Cornered Over Climate Change
FERC has spent the last three years issuing rules that insulate electricity markets from responsibility for the climate damages they cause. The result has been a backlash from the states.
U.S. Electricity Regulator Takes a Hard Look at Carbon Pricing
In September the U.S. electricity regulator, the FERC, held its first conference to explore carbon pricing in the nation’s electricity markets. Is a carbon price finally on the way?
The Partisan Threat to U.S. Energy Regulation
All-or-nothing partisanship has infiltrated the sphere of U.S. energy and environmental regulation, bringing new uncertainty to the regulatory process and, in the extreme, paralyzing both regulators and the industries they oversee.
The Rise of Partisan Politics in Energy Regulation
The emergence of shale natural gas and concern over climate change have fundamentally changed the U.S. energy landscape, and the way in which Americans talk about energy.
The FERC, An Under-the-Radar Federal Regulator, Is Key To U.S. Energy-Climate Balance
The FERC is fractured, along familiar Democratic-Republican lines, over the extent to which climate concerns should factor into its review of new gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas export terminals.