Die im vorliegenden Regierungsentwurf angestrebte Liberalisierung der Stromwirtschaft beinhaltet die Schaffung eines Durchleitungsmodells unter grundsätzlicher Partizipation aller Endkundenkategorien. Widerstand gegen den Regierungsentwurf formiert sich insbesondere in den Reihen der kommunalen...

The United States' greenhouse gas mitigation strategy decentralizes mitigation responsibility to the states and states have primary regulatory jurisdiction over electrical power utilities. Using the biophysical approach, this paper introduces the notion of hydrocarbon infrastructure. Focusing on...

In this contribution to a Yale Journal on Regulation tribute issue honoring Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Cudahy's distinguished career, we explore his energy law opinions. His opinions addressing energy issues elaborate on two recurring themes in U.S. energy law: judicial humility and deference...

The fossil fuel industry has filed an increasing number of dormant Commerce Clause lawsuits to overturn actions by coastal states and cities rejecting proposals for new coal and oil export facilities in their jurisdictions. These lawsuits are creating a wholly new “law of energy exports”...

The 2015 International Energy Charter (IEC) is of utmost universal importance as a guiding policy framework to both energy producing countries and consumer states. This article examines the prospects of the Charter and how it can help the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) maximize energy...

This authoritative Research Handbook presents, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the most important research and latest trends in EU Energy Law and Policy. It offers high-quality original contributions that provide state-of-the-art research in this rapidly evolving area, situated...

In recent years, the federal government's efforts to open up competitive electricity markets have transformed how we think about the regulation of energy. In many respects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) broad “deregulatory” efforts, which commenced in the 1990s, might...

Price formation has emerged as one of the most complex and contested areas of U.S. energy law. In the natural gas markets, questions about the integrity of price indices, which serve as key benchmarks for billions of dollars in transactions and investments across the industry, have been the...