Nov 5, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Seven years ago I wrote a piece for The Regulatory Review called “Energy Policy’s Orphaned Good Idea.” It argued that the only reason why the 1935 Federal Power Act didn’t authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to permit interstate transmission...
Apr 20, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
There is an old axiom (sometimes attributed to Carl Sandburg) that trial attorneys know: “When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law.” The 1990s courtroom/family drama “Picket Fences” featured a...
