Effective Regulation
| Litigation Adversaries and Public Interest Partners: Practice Principles for New Regulatory Lawyers | |
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| 30 cases every regulatory practitioner should know" | Read |
| "Regulatory Capture": Sources and Solutions | Read |
| Connecticut's administrative structure for utility regulation | Read |
| Cost-Effective Demand Response Requires Coordinated State–Federal Actions | Read |
| Certification of Regulatory Professionals | |
| Interconnection Animus: Do Regulatory Procedures Create a "Tragedy of the Commons"? Can Regulators Defer Gratification in Favor of the Big Picture? | Read |
| Effective Regulation: Do Today’s Regulators Have What It Takes? | |
| In the Matter of a Review of the Missouri Public Service Commission’s Standard of Conduct Rules and Conflicts of Interest Policies | Read |
| Utility Regulation: What Is It, Why Do We Have It, and How Does It Work? | Read |
Ratemaking
| Are Regulators Allowing Returns on Equity Above the Real Cost of Equity? | |
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| Demand Response: Can FERC and States Do More? | Read |
| Demand Response: Background Materials | Read |
| Riders, Trackers, Surcharges, Pre-Approvals and Decoupling: How Do They Affect the Cost of Equity? | Read |
| "Excessive Burden" or "Something More Than a Small Dent"? The Supreme Court Parses Mobile-Sierra | |
| "Incentives" for Purchased Power: Compensation for Risk or Reward for Inefficiency? | Read |
| Ratemaking in 30 Minutes | Read |
Market Structure
| When Technology Gives Customers Choices, What Happens to Traditional Monopolies? | |
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| Democratizing Demand and Diversifying Supply: Legal and Economic Principles for the Microgrid Era | Read |
| Infrastructure, Market Structure, and Utility Performance: Is the Law of Regulation Ready? | |
| Regional Electricity Planning: Unavoidable Constraints, Possible Solutions | Read |
| Reassessing Retail Competition: A Chance to Modify the Mix | Read |
| Promoting Competitive Electricity markets Through Community Purchasing: The Role of Municipal Aggregation | Read |
| Demand Response and Aggregators of Retail Customers: Legal, Economic, and Jurisdictional Issues |
FERC Order 1000
| “Non-Transmission Alternatives”: FERC’s “Comparable Consideration” Needs Correction | |
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| Who Should Do What? How Order 1000's Regional Transmission Planning Can Support State Resource Planning | Read |
| Order 1000 Narrows the “Right of First Refusal”: Will Regional Processes be Cost-Effective and Nondiscriminatory? | Read |
| Order 1000: Can We Make the Transmission Providers’ Obligations Effective and Enforceable? | Read |
| Demand Response: Can FERC and States Do More? | Read |
| Demand Response: Background Materials | Read |
Renewable Energy
| Renewable Energy: Can States Influence Federal Power Act Prices Without Being Preempted? | |
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| Regulatory Support for Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction: Can We Resolve the Tensions Among Our Overlapping Policies and Roles? | |
| Renewable Portfolio Standards and the North American Free Trade Agreement | Read |
| The Renewables Portfolio Standard: A Practical Guide | Read |
Climate Change
| Broadband's Role in Smart Grid's Success: Seven Jurisdictional Challenges | |
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| Renewable Energy Prices in State-Level Feed-in Tariffs: Federal Law Constraints and Possible Solutions | Read |
State–Federal Relations
| Demand Response: Can FERC and States Do More? | |
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| Demand Response: Background Materials | Read |
| Eminent Domain | Read |
| Cost-Effective Demand Response Requires Coordinated State–Federal Actions | |
| Demand Response and Aggregators of Retail Customers: Legal, Economic, and Jurisdictional Issues | Read |
| Renewable Energy Prices in State-Level Feed-in Tariffs: Federal Law Constraints and Possible Solutions | |
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Interconnection Animus: Do Regulatory Procedures Create a "Tragedy of the Commons"? Can Regulators Defer Gratification in Favor of the Big Picture? |
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| Regional Electricity Planning: Unavoidable Constraints, Possible Solutions | Read |
| Prescription Drug Pricing: Constitutional Boundaries on State Legislation | Read |
Capital Projects
| Eminent Domain | |
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| Pre-Approval Commitments: When And Under What Conditions Should Regulators Commit Ratepayer Dollars to Utility-Proposed Capital Projects? | Read |
| Joint Demonstration Projects: Options for Regulatory Treatment | Read |
| Evaluating Nuclear Generation: Is Objectivity Impeded by Uncertainties in the Principles and Institutions of U.S. Utility Regulation? | |
| The Regulatory Treatment of Embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices: Transition to a Competitive Electric Generation Market | Read |