Utility of the Future

Environmental Sustainability and the Regulation of New Zealand’s Electricity Market

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In this policy paper, NYU Law Environmental LLM alumna Kate Yesberg considers the implications of removing “environmental sustainability” as an objective of New Zealand’s electricity market regulation under the Electricity Industry Act 2010. To do so, the paper looks specifically at the impact of this change on the development of regulatory incentives for investment in […]

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Public Comments on Selected Policy Issues Raised by the New York Public Service Commission’s ‘Reforming the Energy Vision’

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Guarini Center Senior Fellow Jonathan Schrag submitted comments on selected policy issues raised by the New York Public Service Commission’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV). In the comments, Schrag urges the Public Service Commission to maintain its focus on the overarching goal of incentive programs for clean energy – which is to reduce greenhouse gas

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Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule “provides strong incentives for innovation” in Electricity Sector

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NEW YORK- Richard B. Stewart, Director of the Guarini Center for Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law issued the following statement: “Today’s power plant carbon regulatory initiative by the Obama administration is a major step forward in addressing climate change. By allowing wide flexibility, including cap and trade

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Dept. of Energy / GridWise Alliance Workshop on the Future of the Grid

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On May 13, 2014, the Guarini Center hosted the fourth regional “Future of the Grid” workshop organized by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity and the GridWise Alliance. The workshop examined the electricity industry’s vision of how the grid must evolve to satisfy America’s changing energy needs. Speaking at the opening of the

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Richard Miller ’87 of ConEd Examines Path to More Competitive and Green Electric System

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How do we move toward a greener electric system while encouraging competitive markets and reliable utility access? Richard Miller ’87, director of the Energy Markets Policy Group for Con Edison (ConEd) addressed this issue as the third speaker in the Energy Policy Discussion series hosted by the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land

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Mar. 3, 2014 – Audrey Zibelman, NY PSC Chair, Plots New York’s Utility Policy

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Audrey Zibelman, chair of the New York State Public Service Commission since September 2013, set her vision for state utility policy in her keynote address at the “Utility Industry of the Future” symposium. The event was sponsored by the NYU Environmental Law Journal and NYU Environmental Law Society in collaboration with the Guarini Center on

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Audrey Zibelman, NY PSC Chair, Plots New York’s Utility Policy

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Audrey Zibelman, chair of the New York State Public Service Commission since September 2013, set her vision for state utility policy in her keynote address at the “Utility Industry of the Future” symposium. The event was sponsored by the NYU Environmental Law Journal and NYU Environmental Law Society in collaboration with the Guarini Center on

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Public Comments on the Con Edison Storm Hardening and Resilience Report

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The Guarini Center, along with NYU Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity, submitted comments on Con Edison’s Storm Hardening and Resilience Collaborative Report. The comments urge New York’s Public Service Commission (PSC) to extend the charter of the working groups convened as part of the collaborative process surrounding Con Edison’s latest ratemaking proceeding. The comments can be

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan Speaks at Workshop on Electricity Microgrids

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan was at the Law School in August to discuss the President’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, which he chaired. His presentation was part of a workshop organized by the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law on using microgrids to increase the resiliency of the

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