05/08/2019 - EELP News

Electricity Law Initiative Work Cited in FERC Commissioner’s Law Review Article

In a recently published article in the Energy Law Journal, FERC Commissioner Richard Glick and his advisor Matthew Christiansen argue that the laws governing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision-making can facilitate the transition to a cleaner energy mix. Commissioner Glick and Christiansen explain how FERC’s legal obligations to ensure competitive and non-discriminatory power markets and to protect the public interest are consistent with climate change mitigation. In making their case, Commissioner Glick and Christiansen cite five Electricity Law Initiative publications: