Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation, explores AI’s potential to help regulators keep pace with energy sector growth and climate-tech innovation.
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?
How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?
President Biden will rely upon regulatory agencies like the EPA to push his ambitious clean energy and climate agenda. Yet increasingly conservative courts could stand in the way of Biden’s plans.
With Democratic Senate Majority, Biden Has Power To Quickly Undo Trump Regulatory Rollbacks
Trump opened Pandora’s box with his heavy handed use of the CRA, setting a precedent for future presidents to do the same.
Trump Rollbacks Of Energy Regulations Won’t Survive A New Administration
The very tools that Trump has used to undo Obama-era protections could come back to haunt him.
Will Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Survive?
President Trump has gone to great lengths to undo the regulatory accomplishments of his predecessor. But the president’s methods could come back to haunt him.
How Interest Groups Shape U.S. Clean Energy Policy
Political scientist Leah Stokes examines interest groups’ power to shape, and resist, progressive energy policy.
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 Many Fronts Of Trump’s Environmental Deregulation Effort
The Trump administration is leveraging an array of legal and political tools to roll back environmental protections. A U. Penn environmental law expert takes a look a Trump’s strategy, pitfalls that await, and the potential for protections to endure.