The modern administrative state recognizes only a limited set of events as triggers of needed regulatory change. Legislatures often direct agencies to act, or administrators independently write rules, when dramatic catastrophes occur or new technologies emerge. This framework ignores a simple...

The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project reports identify clear emissions targets and various energy resource scenarios that can meet them. However, they do not tell us which policy levers to pull to get there. This chapter focuses on specific policy changes to electric power mandates,...

The filed rate doctrine is a venerable doctrine of public utility regulation. Federal courts applying the doctrine frequently defer to the regulatory agency and refuse to consider the merits of alleged violations of antitrust, tort or contract claims where resolution would require a departure...

This chapter addresses the interaction between public choice and legal issues in the energy industry. The extent to which the interaction between private stake holders and governmental actors in the energy industry reflects self-interest rather than sound economic policy was studied by public...