This article presents a historical, evidentiary, and normative case for a private tort against public utilities for failure to adjust operational and planning decisions to new conditions brought about by climate change.
Jim RossiAugust 23, 2021
This article explains the efficacy of private environmental governance efforts as a gap filling tool for government regulatory regimes.
Jim RossiJune 10, 2020
Local fees or timing limits may help to address the energy impact of new development.
Jim RossiMarch 1, 2019
This book chapter discusses specific policy changes to electric power mandates, subsidies, and retail customer charges that can help facilitate the transition to deep decarbonization of the power sector.
Jim RossiFebruary 21, 2019
This article finds that as FERC has mostly ended its regulation of wholesale markets, states have responded with regulatory change creating a back and forth between them to ensure statutory duties are met and to avoid regulatory gaps, and argues that this "exit" and "exchange" of duties is good, and…
Jim RossiJune 5, 2018
This article argues that non-tax subsidies in energy rates have potential to promote low-carbon sources of energy while balancing broader economic and social welfare goals
Jim RossiMarch 20, 2017
This article addresses reforms to the approach to stranded cost compensation for investor risks, including recommending consideration of stranded costs at the outset rather than after investment decisions are made.
Jim RossiOctober 20, 2016
This article explores federalism issues in energy transportation infrastructure, including pipelines and transmission lines, and evaluates reforms to approval processes for energy transport projects that can result in a more efficient process that leads to more rapid integration of new energy resources and technologies.
Jim RossiSeptember 7, 2016
This article explores how recent Supreme Court decisions limit dual sovereignty’s role as the organizing federalism principle under energy statutes.
Jim RossiJuly 7, 2016