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Electricity Grid
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Smart Grid Legal News
EPA’s Rules Spark Debate Over Reliability of the Electric Grid
By Linda Evers
FERC, RTOs, ISOs, NARUC, Governors and Politicians… there is no shortage of concern over the potential impact of the new Environmental Protection Agency rules regarding clean air. Will the cost…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
In Case You Missed It – The Week of September 4 to September 10
* Government projections warn that 1600 properties in Wales could be completely inundated by rising sea levels. * Arctic sea ice area reached its lowest point since satellite tracking in 1972: *…
Land Use Prof Blog
Fershee on The Problems with Piecemeal Federal Transmission
Joshua P. Fershee (North Dakota) has posted Reliably Unreliable: The Problems with Piecemeal Federal Transmission and Grid Reliability Policies, Center for Energy and Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of…
Renewable + Law
EPRI Project to Develop Functional Requirements for Customer Energy Storage System (CESS) Launched – Public Webcast July 22
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is developing a new report to define functional requirements for customer energy storage systems (CESS). The project is engaging energy storage stakeholders to collaborate…
Renewable Energy Insights
FERC Release NOI on Ancillary Services and Electric Storage
On June 16, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) released a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) asking for comments on how to develop competition in ancillary markets…
Land Use Prof Blog
Balancing Wind Issues…
I remember driving by a huge wind turbine during a recent vacation and thinking to myself "Wow, that thing really looks huge!"That's the reason--their large size which can interfere with…
Renewable + Law
Renewable Energy Law Alert: The Upper Midwest Reopens to Renewable Energy Development
Yesterday, December 16, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved a proposal by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) that significantly changes how large transmission upgrades are…
Arkansas Electric Energy Law
Will Bloom Boxes Make Your Electric Utility Obsolete?
An interesting article in the December 2009 issue of The Atlantic magazine, Who Needs the Grid, reports on an old technology newly adapted to produce electricity cleanly and inexpensively: fuel cells. …
Renewable + Law
Show me the Money: $11.8 Million Awarded for Solar Energy Grid Integration
By John Laney
Today, in recognition that solar energy is a critical factor in the President's clean energy agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that $11.8 million ($5 million from the American…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Announces Regional Planning Meetings to Focus on Interregional Challenges
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) announced that it will convene regional conferences to determine whether transmission providers’ planning efforts can meet the “challenges posed by wider…