Topic
Wildfire Risk
16 published works
Greener Land Law
Fire Policy at the Wildland-Housing Interface: The Unsolved Problem Land Use Lawyers Are Well-Positioned to Help Solve
By John Schafer
The recent catastrophic fires in southern California have, again, raised concern about growth in the wildland-urban fringe. The astute words above are not from September 2020, as wildfires currently ravage…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Has Your Homeowners Insurance Been Cancelled? What California’s One-Year Moratorium on Homeowners Policy Non-Renewals Means for You
By Daniel Veroff, Derek Chaiken
In 2019, Merlin Law Group’s California offices received calls almost daily from insureds who were “dropped” by their homeowners insurance company (i.e., non-renewed). The reason insurers are providing? Unsurprisingly: increasing…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Sets for Hearing SoCal Edison’s Formula Rate Changes in Response to California Wildfires
On June 11, 2019, FERC accepted, suspended for five months, and set for hearing Southern California Edison Company’s (“SoCal Edison”) revised transmission owner tariff and formula rate (“Formula Rate”), which…
Renewable + Law
Key Energy Related Bills Introduced in the 2019-2020 Legislative Session
By Seth Hilton, Sarah Kozal, Brian Nese
The 2019-2020 California Legislative Session has reached its first deadline. February 22, 2019 marked the deadline by which bills could be introduced for the first half of the Legislative Session.…
Titles and Deeds
How California Real Estate Investors Can Protect Themselves From the Risk of Wildfires
By Bona Law PC
Author: Staff Wildfires are a major concern throughout California. In 2018, multiple major fires burned nearly two million acres of land, taking more than one hundred lives and causing billions…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Texas to Launch Wildfire Mapping Site
Television Station KXAN of Austin, Texas, reported recently that the Texas Forest Service will be creating a system, the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal, to pinpoint wildfire damage anywhere in…