What’s New

The LPDD team is proud to announce the release of a new model law enabling government entities to engage in guaranteed conservation performance contracting. This important contribution to the LPDD project was drafted by Mark Riedy, Siegmar Pohl and Dongyu “Eddie” Wang, all of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP,  in Washington, D.C. , in consultation … Read More

New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published one new model legislative provision on federal interoperability standards for commercial EV chargers: Federal Interoperability Provisions for Commercial EV Chargers: One obstacle to the widespread availability of publicly accessible, convenient EV Level 2 charging equipment and DC fast chargers is the inadequate … Read More

The LPDD team is pleased to announce the publication of a new model law addressing federal interoperability standards for commercial electric vehicle charging stations. The model law is available to view here. Excerpted from the introductory memorandum to the model law: One obstacle to the widespread availability of publicly accessible, convenient EV Level 2 charging … Read More

New LPDD Model Laws Since the last monthly update, the LPDD team has published a new model law provision on local employment and a legal memorandum regarding the statutory definitions of public utilities. They are described below: LPDD Model State Provision to Promote Local Employment in Decarbonization Policies: This Model Provision provides a regulatory framework … Read More

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