Read the whole thing here! featuring the wise words of @joshuamacey.bsky.social heatmap.news/energy/utili...

Professors Macey, Richardson, and Ramakrishnan argue against the use of general law in modern constitutional interpretation on conceptual, historical, and normative grounds.

Volume 93.3 is now live, featuring pieces by Charles Capps; @joshuamacey.bsky.social, Ketan Ramakrishnan & Brian Richardson; @stephenesachs.bsky.social; and Grant Christensen. You can find them all here: lawreview.uchicago.edu.

"No single policy will bring immediate relief. But one central driver of rising bills is a regulatory model that protects monopolies, limits customer choice, and rewards overspending while deterring innovation." Great piece by @joshuamacey.bsky.social: fortune.com/2026/03/17/e...

New in @fortune.com: your electricity bill isn’t rising for the reasons politicians say. Our Fellow @joshuamacey.bsky.social shows what’s behind skyrocketing prices—surging demand, massive grid spending, and a system that lets monopoly utilities profit from overspending. fortune.com/2026/03/17/e...

Thank you to the “What Is Distinctive About LPE and L&E?” panelists, @akapczynski.bsky.social, @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social, @sonofdavid.bsky.social, @adamchilton.bsky.social, @joshuamacey.bsky.social, Mila Versteeg Sarath Sanga, and moderator Joe Schottenfeld.

I have an essay out in the @HarvLRev blog on "President Trump in the Era of Exclusive Powers." The basic claim is that we can understand Trump 2.0 as an exercise in taking the Supreme Court's recent separation of powers jurisprudence at its word. harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/04...

I hope the piece might be of interest to among others, @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social @debpearlstein.bsky.social @joshuamacey.bsky.social @blakeprof.bsky.social @narosenblum.bsky.social @jdmortenson.bsky.social @jedshug.bsky.social @dandeacon.bsky.social @curtbradley.bsky.social

"Ohio Confidential" debuts at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15.

Similarly proud to be a WilmerHale* alum (if they fight this). *As Leah should know, it’s WilmerHale (marketing name, with camel case) or Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. I don’t think Lloyd Cutler would back down from this.

Last week, a federal court lifted an injunction that had blocked Indiana's anti-competition transmission law (ROFR). The court threw out the injunction on a legal technicality. This paves the way for MISO to award LRTP projects to IN utilities w/o competition media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/Opin...

We filed this amicus yesterday on Wilcox v Trump 1. Firing Wilcox from NLRB was illegal, b/c Humphrey's Executor remains good law. 2. New historical evidence confirms Humphrey's. 3. Unitary responses expose that they have no evidence. @ssrn.bsky.social link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It’s usually bad news if scholarship on free speech becomes timely, so I am pleased/dismayed that I have a timely new paper, forthcoming in U Chicago Law Review, about one of the Trump admin’s most powerful tactics of censorship: jawboning 🧵https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5162523

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers 🔌💡 eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...

Thanks Dan!

Have been mostly trying to avoid the news today. But a few initial reactions upon quick skim of EOs: * Attempt to halt dispursements of BIL and IRA awards. This is extremely aggressive and, if it sticks, will undermine investments (largely in GOP districts). Probably the sleeper provision.

🔌💡 Our new study led by @fnbillimoria.bsky.social, "Hedging and tail risk in electricity markets," is now out in Energy Economics. 50-day access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For Ari’s early work that seems to have influenced this, see: www.eba-net.org/wp-content/u... And: www.eba-net.org/wp-content/u...

Call for Papers - 14th Annual Junior Federal Courts Workshop - Cornell Law School, 4/25/2025. Junior scholars in fields of federal courts, civil procedure, civil rights litigation, constitutional law are encouraged to apply. Abstracts due 1/15/25. community.lawschool.cornell.edu/junior-facul...

Some really gross stuff is in your utility bill.

The US often outsources electricity market design decisions to investor-owned utilities 🔌💡 "This explanation is unconvincing, however, because PacifiCorp does not have any competitors." Good humor in @joshuamacey.bsky.social 's new paper: lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

Okay, back to #energysky agreeing on 80% of climate policy… The Kleinman Energy podcast is great and this episode with @joshuamacey.bsky.social and @shelley-w.bsky.social should definitely be in your weekly queue. Grid governance needs serious reform—not just for RE but for reliability, load, etc.

🚨New paper: State Capacity for Building Infrastructure US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow. I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵 Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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FERC's update to its transmission planning rule dodged the "Atlantic City" issue. Ah well. Atlantic City refers to a 2002 decision by the DC Circuit that holds utilities have a right under federal law to file changes to its transmission rates and terms. Might not seem important but...

New in Energy Economics, our paper on the challenge of allocating the cost of transmission in a manner "roughly commensurate with benefits" when nobody can agree what the benefits are. 50-day share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kB0SW3fc~...

Expanding power grids is essential for clean energy 💡 RI Fellow @joshuamacey.bsky.social thinks a beneficiary-pays model could balance fairness and efficiency. news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...

Unexpected & fairly significant that Southern Company just came out in support of energy-only interconnection. Hot off the press at PV Mag by @willdriscoll.bsky.social: #EnergySky pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/11/19/a...

My first academic article is out! In it, I evaluate the legal landscape facing designers of non-RTO organized markets. I'm grateful to the Energy Law Journal editors and to the mentors and friends who offered guidance. www.eba-net.org/felj/current...

I'm also grateful to share an issue with @jacobmays.bsky.social & @joshuamacey.bsky.social's article on transmission cost allocation and Rachel Neuberger's article on the evolution of the Tennessee Valley Authority

I highly recommend her article on TVA. In case you don't read all of the footnotes, I'll leave this one here about the history of the Edison Electric Institute:

I am happy that my paper on transmission line cost allocation with @jacobmays.bsky.social is now out in the energy law journal. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... The paper is a deep dive on the law and economics of transmission lines. Full disclosure: I am a transmission line enthusiast.

A new Energy Law Journal: Articles by @joshuamacey.bsky.social + @jacobmays.bsky.social and @cececoffey.bsky.social And ex-student Rachel Neuberger on "why, unguided by ...profit motive, TVA systematically amassed increasing levels of monopoly and monopsony power." www.eba-net.org/felj/current...

To explore solutions, FERC recently held an interconnection workshop examining reforms beyond Order 2023. One of the technical panels panel focused on energy resource interconnection service (ERIS), sometimes called "connect & manage." (3/15)

Good thread on JTIQ cost allocation. One missing element: under IRS’s proposed 48/48E ITC rules, many generators—but not TOs or load—can claim a 30% tax credit on interconnection costs, including network upgrades. This really should change the “participant funding” conversation, but hasn’t yet.

Another day, another conversation with a #FERC staffer looking for a new job to get ahead of what they think is coming. If you are looking to hire RTO/ISO tariff experts, knowledgeable on FERC, hard working with excellent attention to detail - DM me, I’ve got recommendations! #EnergySky

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I have several questions for the Southeast electricity exchange market (SEEM) To keep it simple to start 1. How dare you? this is part of the country is getting completely screwed over and they don't know it yet. So I'll give it a try 2. misleads with '240 unique paths' a. Unique does not matter

I created an Electric Grid & Power Systems v2 starter pack (v1 maxed out at the 150 cap) - if you're in this space, lmk and I'll add you! go.bsky.app/2F6MLRo

Welcome to the new arrivals. Here's a starter pack of Energy/Environmental economists to get you going: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Hey y'all. If you're a new Energy Twitter ex pat, please follow the #EnergySky feed here bsky.app/profile/did:... And tag your posts with either the feed name or the emoji pair 🔌💡 and your post will show up in the feed. Please repost...

Climate starter pack by @costasamaras.bsky.social - I followed every account! 🔌💡 bsky.app/starter-pack...

Here's a starter pack for electric grid & power systems - lmk if you want me to add your account! (Omissions 100% unintentional, still finding folks here :-) 🔌💡 go.bsky.app/RwCBCab

Here is Vol. 1 of the Bluesky Energy & Environmental Economics starter pack. If your account is still active at the Nazi Bar, feel free to share there to help get new feeds primed--there are a lot of people here! Let me know if you'd like to be included in the next batch! bsky.app/starter-pack...