This book covers the once-in-a-century shift in key energy technology as the Biden Administration has enacted new laws the shift the entire U.S. economy by 2035 off fossil fuels to electric power. It is a forward-looking guide to how lawyers can successfully utilize key legal opportunities in this critical moment.
Table of Contents:
Part A: Unique, Inventive, Irreplaceable; Changing the World
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- Electricity: Why it Now Becomes the Most Important Invention in History
- How Climate Change Simultaneously Changes the Electric Power, Environment and Law
Part B: Strategically Navigating Legal Issues for Power
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- “Location, Location, Location”: Where the New Power Resources will be Relocating and Land-Use Legal Challenges
- State & Federal Legal ‘Levers’ to Regulate Electricity, Climate, Environment – The ‘Major Questions’ Doctrine
- Supreme Court’s Legal Foundation for New Electric Power
- “Taxman:” Legal Strategies using New Tax Laws
- Supreme Court’s New Mandate: Environmental and Energy Costs
- Renewable Portfolio Standards: Leveraging Law & Subsidies Provided in 60% of the States
- Net Metering: Leveraging Law and Subsidies Provided in 80% of the States
- Cities & States Legally ‘Zone-Out’ Electric Infrastructure and Environment – Alternative Legal ‘Work-Arounds’
- The ‘Critical Path’ State Legal Barriers Blocking New Renewable Power Infrastructure and Climate Restoration
Part C: Legal Issues Requiring a New Energy Business Model
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- Moore’s Law: Electric Technology and Changing Law
- Legal/Regulatory Changes Mandate a New Business Model
Part D: Below the Radar Screen – What is Coming that One Doesn’t See
- Future Legal Demand Posed by Crypto Electric Power; Environmental Weight
- Future Legal “Trip-Wires” in the Green New Deal
- Legal and Policy Reverberations from the New Molecule Changing Electric Power
- Toughening the Grid and Law
More info https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/444340055/
