Big Ideas Workshop: Utility Regulation through the Lens of Energy Regulation

ICLE’s invitation-only Big Ideas Workshop series brings together early- and mid-career scholars to discuss important ideas in law & economics.

The energy sector has been one of the most dynamic regulated industries over the past 50 years. From the push towards then the pull-back from nuclear in the 70s and 80s, deregulation and the efforts to “quarantine the monopoly” in the 90s, the shifting utilization and production curves with the growth of electric vehicles and solar and wind power, and today with the demand for energy to power data centers and renewed interest in nuclear – the sector is nothing if not dynamic. It is also a traditionally regulated industry, with high-fixed cost, natural monopoly characteristics, pooled usage by discrete groups with very different demand profiles, and a range of social policies driving the regulatory political economy.

In this workshop, participants used contemporary problems in energy regulation as a lens through which to consider important ideas from utility regulation scholarship.

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September 12 & 13, 2024
3pm to 6pm ET