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SUMMARY:New York City’s Electricity History and Future
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join the Guarini Center on Environmental\, Energy and Land Use Law for the next installment of our fall 2024 Energy Transition Discussion Series at NYU Law: “New York City’s Electricity History and Future.” \nDid you know that the modern electricity grid was born in New York City in 1882? In this talk\, Richard Miller\, former Vice President for Energy and Environmental Law at Con Edison\, will discuss the birth of the electricity grid in lower Manhattan and the roles of Thomas Edison\, J.P. Morgan\, and Nikola Tesla in creating the grid. He will also discuss how the creation of the electric grid resulted in New York’s adoption of some of the first laws regulating public utilities. Finally\, this talk will discuss the implications of this history for the transition to a cleaner electricity grid and efforts to mitigate climate change. This event is in-person only and is open to the general public. Advanced registration is required. \n  \nFeatured Speaker: \nRichard Miller\, former Vice President for Energy and Environmental Law at Con Edison; former Chief Energy Policy Advisor for NYC \nDiscussants:  \nKatrina Wyman\, Faculty Director\, Guarini Center; Wilf Family Professor of Property Law\, NYU School of Law \nChristine Billy\, Executive Director\, Guarini Center; Adjunct Professor of Law\, NYU School of Law \n  \nCLE \nThis event has been approved to offer 1.5 New York State CLE credit in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys. \n  \nRichard Miller served as Vice President for Energy and Environmental Law at Con Edison from 2018-2023. Prior to that\, he was Director of the Energy Markets Policy Group at Con Edison\, where his responsibilities included development of Company positions on federal energy policy\, including Company positions at the New York Independent System Operator. He previously served as Senior Vice-President for Energy at the New York City Economic Development Corporation\, where he oversaw City energy policy and served as the City’s Chief Energy Policy Advisor. He has written articles on law and energy policy that have been published in the Energy Law Journal and Public Utilities Fortnightly.  He is co-chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Energy Committee and is on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. He is a graduate of Amherst College and New York University School of Law. He lives in New York City and uses a bicycle as his primary form of transportation. \n  \nRECORDING \nMissed this event? Watch a recording of the program HERE.
URL:https://guarinicenter.org/event/new-york-citys-electricity-history-and-future/
LOCATION:NYU School of Law\, Furman Hall\, Rm 216\, NYU School of Law 245 Sullivan St\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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