U.S. Energy Law: Electricity
The focus of this guide is the federal regulation of electricity.
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Current Legal News
- Canary Media
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Provides a free, online newsletter published under the auspices of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI); chronicles the transition to a decarbonized economy and society, with a particular focus on the transformation of the primary energy, transportation, industrial, and building sectors. - The Conversation: Environment & Energy
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An independent source of news, analysis and opinion, written by academics and researchers. The Associated Press distributes The Conversation US articles daily to thousands of newsrooms. - Electricity Journal
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Covers energy, from coal, nuclear, natural gas and oil, and renewable energy sources including hydro, solar, geothermal and wind power. Also covered are emerging areas such as energy storage, microgrid strategies, dynamic pricing, cyber security, climate change, cap and trade, distributed generation, net metering, transmission, and generation market dynamics. - ELR: Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis
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Publishes concise scholarly articles on emerging areas of environmental and energy law. - Energy & Utility Legal News
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- Environment & Energy (E&E) Online Publications
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(ClimateWire, EnergyWire, Environment & Energy Daily, and Greenwire) - Environment & Energy Report
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Provides comprehensive, current news coverage on environment and energy legislation, regulations, guidance and case law on both federal, state, local, and international levels. Links to important websites and documents are embedded in the news articles so that researchers can easily locate primary materials. - IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
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(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE))
Focuses on advanced concepts, technologies, and practices associated with all aspects of electric power from a technical perspective in synergy with nontechnical areas such as business, environmental, and social concerns. - InsideClimate News
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An independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan news organization that covers clean energy, carbon energy, nuclear energy, and environmental science. - InsideEPA.com
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Reports on federal law and policy covering five areas: clean air, water policy, superfund, California, and risk policy. A documents database provides full-text internal memoranda, policies and letters discussed in news articles. - Law360
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News articles on major litigation developments in 20 specialized practice areas as well as developments from state, federal, and international legislatures. Articles link to court dockets and key documents. - Utility Dive
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Provides in-depth reporting and analysis on news and trends shaping the utility industry. Topics covered include: smart grid, regulation and policy, demand response, and generation.
Blogs
To locate additional law blogs, search Justia BlawgSearch, Bloomberg Law, Lexis or Westlaw.
- Energy Legal Blog
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(Bracewell) - Legal Planet: The Environmental Law and Policy Blog
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(UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law) - Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Blog
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- The Regulatory Review
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(University of Pennsylvania Law School, Penn Program on Regulation) - Renewable + Law
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(Stoel Rives)
Alert Services
Some of the Law Library's journal and newsletter databases include "alert" features, which help users maintain awareness of current developments within a particular subject area.
- Bloomberg Law Email Registration
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Email summaries are available for Bloomberg Law 's topical news reports. - Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
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With a "MyHein" account, users are able to save a search query on an "Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)" topic and when journal articles are added to IFLP under this subject, receive an e-mail alert. - Law360
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Daily email alerts available for each practice area.
Links embedded in email alerts only work when user is behind a Law School IP address. - Tax Analysts Online
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Access to "Tax Notes," "Tax Notes International," "State Tax Notes," "Exempt Organization Tax Review," "Tax Notes Today," "State Tax Today," "Worldwide Tax Daily," and "Highlights and Documents."
Alerting services also are available on:
- Bloomberg Law
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- Lexis
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- Westlaw
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- Google Scholar
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