{"id":2385,"date":"2016-04-14T02:25:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:57:38","slug":"ferc-v-epsa-and-the-path-to-a-cleaner-electricity-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/2016\/04\/14\/ferc-v-epsa-and-the-path-to-a-cleaner-electricity-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Symposium: FERC v. EPSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i-hls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2015\/11\/Power-grids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;line-height: 1.55\">In\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;line-height: 1.55\">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Ass\u2019n<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;line-height: 1.55\">, the Supreme Court upheld FERC&#8217;s authority over &#8220;demand response&#8221;\u2014bids of reductions in electricity consumption into wholesale markets\u2014under the Federal Power Act, and held that FERC\u2019s decision to compensate demand response providers at the same rate as electric power generators was neither arbitrary nor capricious. In this Symposium, eight\u00a0authors explore the Court\u2019s decision and consider its implications for state clean energy policies, grid-edge innovation, and agency deference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Eisen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>FERC v. EPSA<\/em> and the Path to a Cleaner Electricity Sector: Introduction<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Joel B. Eisen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Hoskins-Roberti.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Essential Role of State Engagement in Demand Response<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Anne Hoskins &amp; Paul Roberti<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Rossi-Wellinghoff.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>FERC v. EPSA<\/em> and Adjacent State Regulation of Customer Energy Resources<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Jim Rossi &amp; Jon Wellinghoff<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Grab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balancing on the Grid Edge: Regulating for Economic Efficiency in the Wake of <em>FERC v. EPSA<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Denise A. Grab<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Wara.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fostering Competition in the 21st Century Electricity Industry<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Michael Wara<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2016\/04\/Jacobs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Deference<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Sharon B. Jacobs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preferred Citation:\u00a0<\/strong>Cite <em>FERC v. EPSA<\/em> Symposium essays\u00a0to 40 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. F. __ (2016).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> For optimal printing, select &#8220;Scale: 100%&#8221; or &#8220;Layout: 2\u00a0Pages per Sheet&#8221; and &#8220;Scale to Fit: Fill Entire Paper.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Ass\u2019n, the Supreme Court upheld FERC&#8217;s authority over &#8220;demand response&#8221;\u2014bids of reductions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online_forum"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peZkUb-Ct","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}