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First-of-Its-Kind Insurance Report Confronts Climate Risk

This blog analyzes the recommendations in a report from the Climate Insurance Working Group, convened by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, to the state’s Department of Insurance, local and state policy-makers, and the insurance industry regarding the role of insurance in addressing risks from climate-fueled wildfires, floods and extreme heat.

Katelyn RoednerJuly 23, 2021

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Comments on FERC’s Technical Conference on Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability

These comments recommend that FERC consider requiring regulated entities to engage in climate resilience planning.

Michael Panfil, Natalie Karas, Stephanie Jones and Romany WebbApril 15, 2021

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The Rising Impacts of Climate Change

Panelists discussed how proactive climate resilience planning is required under public utility law and tort law.

Michael Panfil, Romany Webb and OthersMarch 31, 2021

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Without Planning, Climate Change Will Bring More Texas-Style Blackouts

In the wake of the tragic February 2021 Texas winter storm and resulting power outages, this opinion piece argues that state regulators should require the electric industry to recognize the undeniable: climate change is here and it needs to be factored into their planning and decision making.

Romany Webb and Michael PanfilFebruary 23, 2021

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Policy Brief: Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector

This policy brief summarizes a report finding that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law.

Romany Webb, Michael Panfil and Sarah LadinDecember 3, 2020

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Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector: Legal Obligations to Advance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities

This report finds that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law. An updated version was published as a journal article in the Environmental Law Review in October 2021.

Romany Webb, Michael Panfil and Sarah LadinDecember 3, 2020

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Why Electric Utilities Must Engage in Climate Resilience Planning

This blog summarizes a report finding that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law.

Michael Panfil, Sarah Ladin and Romany WebbDecember 3, 2020

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Climate Risks Are Becoming Legal Liabilities for the Energy Sector

The number of plaintiffs taking energy firms to court for ignoring climate-related risks is growing. By revealing how the sector is not prepared—and not preparing—for what is coming, their cases are pressing the energy sector to treat those risks as a cost of doing business.

Justin GundlachFebruary 17, 2020

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What Happens When the Green New Deal Meets the Old Green Laws?

This article assesses how the Green New Deal, and particularly renewable energy, will fare under current siting and environmental protection statutory regimes and concludes that for the Green New Deal to success in its renewable energy and infrastructure goals, these regulatory regimes will need to tolerate more streamlined, top-down, preemptive…

J.B. Ruhl and James SalzmanFebruary 4, 2020

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Beyond Green Infrastructure – Integrating the Ecosystem Services Framework into Urban Planning Law and Policy

This article discusses the integration of an ecosystem services framework into land use and environmental governance and outlines general principles and guidelines for local policy.

J.B. RuhlJanuary 1, 2020