Federalism and Energy in the United States
Thursday, March 1 - Friday, March 2, 2012
Confirmed Speakers | Conference Agenda | Papers | Conference Photos
The Searle Center Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States is organized by David A. Dana, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs: Faculty & Research.
Conference panels will include Hydro-Fracking, The Electricity Grid, and Preemption and Climate Change.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Initiative for Sustainability and Energry at Northwestern University.
Confirmed Speakers
- David E. Adelman, University of Texas, Austin
- Rich Boucher, Partner, Government Strategies Group, Sidley Austin LLP and former 14 term Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia’s 9th District
- William W. Buzbee, Emory University School of Law
- John T. Colgan, Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)
- James L. Connaughton, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Public and Environmental Policy at Constellation Energy and former chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy
- David A. Dana, Northwestern Law
- Joshua Paul Fershee, The University of North Dakota Law School
- Craig Glazer, PJM Interconnection
- Robert L. Glicksman, The George Washington University Law School
- Terry Harvill, ITC Holdings Corporation
- David R. Hill, Sidley Austin LLP
- Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University
- Alexandra B. Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
- Christopher S. Kulander, Texas Tech University School of Law
- Howard Learner, Environmental Law and Public Policy Center
- Hari Osofsky, University of Minnesota Law School
- Garrick B. Pursley, The University of Toledo College of Law
- David B. Spence, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
- Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- David Vitale, ISO New England Board
- Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University College of Law
Papers
Session One: Electricity Grid, Transmission Siting, and Federalism
"Restructuring a Green Grid: Legal Challenges to Accommodate New Renewable Energy Infrastructure" (Background Paper submitted by Hari Osofsky)
Steven Ferrey, Suffolk University Law School
Session Two: Competition in Pricing and Delivery and Federalism
"Promoting Innovation in the Electricity Industry" (Background Paper submitted by Lynne Kiesling)
Lynne Kiesling, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Economics Department, Northwestern University
"The Knowledge Problem, Learning, and Regulation: How Regulation Affects Technological Change in the Electric Power Industry"(Background Paper submitted by Lynne Kiesling)
Lynne Kiesling, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Economics Department, Northwestern University
Session Three: Hydro-Fracturing, State Regulation and the Federal Role
"American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracing-2012" (Background Paper submitted by Chris Kulander)
Chris S. Kulander, Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
"State and Local Regulation of Shale Oil and Gas Development: Adaptation, Experimentation, or Chaos?" (Background Paper submitted by Hannah Wiseman)
Hannah Wiseman, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law
"Unblocking Cooperative Energy Governance"
Garrick B. Pursley, Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
"Federalism, Regulatory Lags, and Energy Production"
David B. Spence, Associate Professor, Law, Politics & Regulation and Co-Director, Energy Management & Innovation Center, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Session Four: Preemption, Federalism, and Climate Change
"A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Reallocating Government Authority in Response to Regulatory Stress: The Climate Change Adaptation Example" (Background Paper submitted by Robert Glicksman)
Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School
“Interstate Transmission Challenges for Renewable Energy: A Federalism Mismatch”
Alexandra B. Klass, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, University of Minnesota Law School
Bio
Location of Conference
Northwestern University School of Law
Wieboldt Hall (Room #147)
340 E. Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact
For more information regarding this conference or other initiatives of the Searle Center, please call (312) 503-1811 or send an email to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu .
