What’s New

The LPDD team is excited to announce the publication of a new memorandum documenting the state statutory definitions of “public utility” in use across all fifty states and the District of Columbia. This memorandum was drafted by Karen Anderson, a Yale Law student. C. Baird Brown, principal at eco(n)law LLC and author of Chapter 6 … Read More

The LPDD team is thrilled to announce the publication of a new model state law provision designed to help boost local employment through decarbonization policy, while avoiding restrictions imposed by international trade rules. This stellar document was prepared by Paul Barker (Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London; Research Fellow, Gould Center for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law … Read More

The LPDD team is excited to announce the publication of another new model law, a piece of state legislation establishing the lead agency for the permitting of biogas facilities and gathering lines. The model law was drafted by Michael Cummings and Christina Brusven of Fredrikson and Byron, P.A., and peer reviewing was contributed by Romany … Read More

The LPDD team is thrilled to announce the publication of a new piece of model state legislation addressing community solar projects. This contribution to the LPDD implementation project was drafted by Craig Gannett, Anna Fero and Derek Green of Davis Wright Tremaine.  Peer reviewing was provided by A. Donald Lepore, Partner and General Counsel, True Green … Read More

The LPDD team is very proud to announce the publication of two new model laws relating to reduction of carbon in Arctic shipping, as recommended in Chapter 17 of the LPDD text. The first of the current bills is the Reduction of Black Carbon Emissions from Arctic Shipping Act and the second is the Reduction … Read More

Join us this Wednesday, April 14, from 12:00 to 1:00 EST for a webinar with the Law Firm Sustainability Network. Registration is open here. Our team will be discussing how lawyers are working to prepare model laws to implement the recommendations in the text, Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States. Join us to explore … Read More

The LPDD team is proud to announce the publication of a new model law providing state income tax credits for EV charging stations. The model law was peer reviewed by Tracey Roberts of Samford University. It is available to be viewed here. Excerpted from the introductory memorandum to the model law: Currently, the federal government … Read More

The LPDD team is proud to announce the publication of a new model law, a piece of state legislation providing rebates for the installation of electric vehicle chargers. Peer reviewing on this piece of legislation was contributed by Peter Fox-Penner, Ph.D, the Founder and Director of the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy. The model … Read More

The LPDD team is proud to announce the publication of another new piece of model legislation, a model carbon-neutral bioenergy acquisition law. This outstanding contribution to the LPDD implementation project was drafted by Professor Jamison Colburn and his student, Lisa Cumming, at Penn State Law School. Peer reviewing was contributed by Professor Nadia Ahmad of Barry … Read More

The LPDD team is proud to announce the publication of a new model law, a piece of state legislation providing income tax incentives for the purchase of a new Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV). The model law is available to view here. Excerpted from the introductory memorandum to the model law: This proposed state income tax … Read More