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Electric Resilience Toolkit

The Electric Resilience Toolkit is a joint project of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law. This toolkit provides information on ways to enhance climate resilience planning by electric utilities.

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Energy Sector Resilience

The Sabin Center explores legal and regulatory approaches to protecting energy infrastructure, maintaining reliable and affordable energy services, and supporting a just transition to a more resilient, low-carbon energy system.

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Model Climate Laws Initiative

The Model Climate Laws Initiative provides model legislation and legal resources to help states and local governments develop and implement effective climate policies.

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Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative

The Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI) works with local residents, community groups, and public interest organizations to advance renewable energy projects, including utility- and community-scale wind and solar projects. 

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Comments on Guidance Documents and Regulations

Comments on the Proceeding on Motion of the New York State Commission Concerning Electric Utility Climate Vulnerability Studies and Plans (submitted on August 30, 2024)

Comments on the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California's request for response on Order Instituting Rulemaking to Update Rules for the Safety, Reliability, and Resiliency of Electrical Distribution Systems (July 8, 2024)

Comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities (submitted April 4, 2023)

Comments on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on One-Time Informational Reports on Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability (submitted August 30, 2022)

Comments in response to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Supplemental Notice on the Technical Conference Discussing Climate Change, Extreme Weather, & Electric System Reliability (submitted September 27, 2021)

Comments on the Michigan Public Service Commission's request for comments on improving utilities' preparedness for climate change impacts (submitted September 24, 2021)

Comments on Petition to New York Public Service Commission to Comprehensively Study the Impacts of Climate Change on Utility Infrastructure (submitted June 28, 2021)

Comments on issues raised in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference on Climate Change, Extreme Weather and Electric System Reliability (submitted Apr. 15, 2021)

Petition to the New York Public Service Commission to Comprehensively Study the Impacts of Climate Change on Utility Infrastructure (submitted March 19, 2021)

Comments on the New York Public Service Commission's proposal to require climate-related risk disclosures by utilities (submitted Dec. 9, 2020)

Petition to the New York Public Service Commission on Natural Hazard Planning (submitted December 12, 2012)