I am thrilled that my article, Reliance and Reliability, has been awarded the 11th Annual Morrison Prize! More info on the prize here: law.asu.edu/newsroom/hea...
And the article can be downloaded at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I am thrilled that my article, Reliance and Reliability, has been awarded the 11th Annual Morrison Prize! More info on the prize here: law.asu.edu/newsroom/hea...
And the article can be downloaded at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Many of these sites are also contaminated, making them difficult to productively reuse. But they often are close to population, making them useful for distribution-level storage. More on that idea: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
There also aren’t specialized insurance products focused on water utilities that could help manage the financial impacts of these risks and aid in recovery when they occur, especially for smaller systems.
I am so thrilled to have you as a colleague! Congratulations!
My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
Michigan Law Review Book Review Issue?
Some thoughts on reliability, published earlier this year - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Some thoughts on regulatory reform to make things better for customers as reliability gets worse: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Here’s one study from 2016 that lists 5.3% as the upper limit of PV integration in the Carolinas without major operational changes to the nuclear plants based on assumptions provided by Duke: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thanks for highlighting, @ssrn.bsky.social! Excited that the final version comes out next week.
NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
"Intervenors have established significant risks that the Partners will engage in operational and financial engineering to increase returns."
New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Thanks, Wyatt!
New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also poses legal challenges for local governments. They might be worse off legally by knowing potential issues caused by climate change. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The findings showed that children’s lifetime cancer risk from this exposure is 1.85 times higher than that of adults. “Children generally breathe faster and take in more air — and therefore more pollutants — relative to their smaller body size,” the researchers noted.
"A new study from Stanford University found that children living in homes with frequent gas stove use and poor ventilation face nearly twice the lifetime cancer risk from benzene exposure compared to adults."
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
Ghostwriting the Government: This article by Bridget C.E. Dooling argues that when #government decision-makers rely on #ghostwriting, it can conflict with their duty to reason & make informed decisions.
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#Artificialintelligence is rapidly changing various professional sectors, including the #electric grid. This article by Heather Payne & Joel B. Eisen highlights beneficial applications of #AI in the grid context.
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Thank you, @womenknowlaw.bsky.social!
Professor @joeleisen.bsky.social and Ohio State's @lawprofpayne.bsky.social were honored at the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference in D.C. for their article "Utilities With Purpose," named one of 2024's top 5 environmental law articles. law.richmond.edu/features/art...
Excited to announce that “Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy,” by me & @lawprofpayne.bsky.social, is forthcoming in the San Diego Law Review. We discuss how AI can assist intervenors in PUC utility cases who currently encounter many barriers.
Download at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The fossil fuel industry knows hooking up gas to new buildings gives our kids asthma and irreparably damages our climate.
They’ve launched an international campaign to make sure we keep doing it anyway.
Yes! Me and @lawprofpayne.bsky.social wrote a whole article about the health harms of gas stoves and proposed a legal remedy in Warrantying Health Equity here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Not having the gas lines would also make undergrounding electric lines easier.
Power companies pressure Trump EPA to roll back rules on toxic coal ash energynews.us/2025/01/29/p...
the cover of the book "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps" by Eric L. Muller.
This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
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