Electricity Law Politics Regulations 
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Navigator responds that it has complied with state regulations, which require the company to notify landowners in the pipeline’s path and consider citizen safety when routing the project. The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators.
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Legal Planet
JUNE 6, 2022
Our electricity system will be crucial to decarbonization efforts, both because much of our current energy comes from electricity, and because decarbonizing sectors like transportation will require significant electrification. Restructuring generally addresses one of two parts of the electricity industry: generation and retail.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Renewables are 42% of electricity. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. 2002 SB1078.
Legal Planet
JUNE 20, 2022
Equity weighting can make a big difference in assessing regulations that heavily benefit disadvantaged communities. Equity weighting thus has the potential to make regulation much more progressive. Hence, the regulation is likely to be a bad deal for the poor unless the benefit to them is larger than the cost.
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