LLM Sustainable Energy Law and Policy

This course is an introduction to basic issues in Energy Policy and Law, to include utility regulation, new carbon-based sources via oil shale and fracking, fast-rising renewable sources such as wind and solar, and regulatory responses to climate change. Students will survey the impact of energy production, transmission, and consumption on human health and the environment, and examine how the law is evolving to manage that impact through more sustainable paradigms including policies to limit fossil fuel externalities, expand renewable and clean energy alternatives, and promote consumer conservation and efficiency.