In response to market pressures and renewable generation mandates, utilities are making the decision to close coal-fired generation assets prior to their scheduled retirement dates. Impacts of early coal-plant closures to workers and communities can be devastating. The conventional response...

Spanish Abstract: Algunos de los retos a los que se han enfrentado en los mercados Norteamericanos con la inclusión de fuentes de generación eléctrica eólica y solar consiste en la incertidumbre y la variabilidad que presentan estas fuentes y, por tanto, han evidenciado la necesidad de...

Regulators often seek to promote the use of improved, cleaner technology when new investments occur; however, technology mandates are suspected of raising costs and delaying investment. We examine investment choices for electricity generation under a strict emissions rate performance standard...

Public participation in federal agency National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes presents a unique opportunity for engagement in federal agency decision making on projects that have the potential to affect the environment. It presents an opportunity for public transparency of proposed...

After providing background information on the sage-grouse and its management, this report analyzes the economic impact of sage-grouse conservation measures in Wyoming, and attempts to predict the economic impact of sage-grouse listing as threatened or endangered. The economic impact analysis...

As technologies change and the scale of human activity grows, so, too, does the law. The surge of oil and gas production in the United States, spurred by hydraulic fracturing in shale formations, has fomented a sea change in oil and gas law, substantially infusing this area with more complex...

Common law waste doctrine is often overlooked as antiquated and irrelevant to modern law as a result of contract, corporate law, trust and estate planning, and public law. At best, waste doctrine is occasionally examined as a lens through which to evaluate evolutions in modern property theory....

This collection of short essays arose from the inaugural meeting of the Idaho Symposium on Energy in the West, which was held in November, 2014. The topic for this first Symposium was Transmission and Transport of Energy in the Western U.S. and Canada: A Law and Policy Road Map. The essays in...

This Response considers whether coordinated and inclusive governance of pipeline siting would improve safety by facilitating bargaining around localized pipeline externalities. It focuses on the role of local governments, landowners, and other political and administrative subdivisions in...

Wind development offers local economic growth opportunities, and for this reason, reducing the tax burden on wind development may be a policy advocated by communities wishing to attract such investment. Alternatively, increased local public costs, and the potential externalities caused by wind...