Alexandra B. Klass

University of Michigan Law School

James G. Degnan Professor of Law

625 South State Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

United States

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1.

A Response to the IPCC Fifth Assessment

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2015, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 9 for 2015-2016, Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 15-42
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 24 May 2016
Sarah Adams-Schoen, Deepa Badrinarayana, Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, Robin Kundis Craig, John C. Dernbach, Keith H. Hirokawa, Alexandra B. Klass, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Stephen R. Miller, Jessica Owley, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, Inara Scott and David Takacs
University of Oregon School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Albany Law School, University of Michigan Law School, Pace Law School, University of Idaho College of Law - Boise, University of Miami - School of Law, University of Iowa - College of Law, Albany Law School, Oregon State University, College of Business and UC Law, San Francisco
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Transporting Oil and Gas: U.S. Infrastructure Challenges

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 3, 2015, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-17
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 20 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2015
Alexandra B. Klass and Danielle Meinhardt
University of Michigan Law School and University of Minnesota Law School - Joint Degree Program in Law, Science & Technology
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oil, petroleum, natural gas, oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, shale gas, shale oil, FERC, Keystone XL Pipeline, Bakken Shale, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, LNG, energy, transportation, rail

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Grid Reliability Through Clean Energy

74 Stan. L. Rev. 969 (2022), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 21- 2021, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 935
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2022
Alexandra B. Klass, Joshua Macey, Shelley Welton and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman
University of Michigan Law School, University of Chicago Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Penn State Law – University Park
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electric grid, grid reliability, regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, federal power act, transmission siting, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, climate change, extreme weather, Winter Storm Uri, transmission planning

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Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Assessing a Liability Regime for Long-Term Storage of Carbon Dioxide

58 Emory L.J. 103 (2008)
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 11 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 27 May 2014
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
University of Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College
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carbon, capture, sequestration, climate change, global warming, tort liaiblity, insurance, bonding, property rights, geologic sequestration

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Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, and Property Rights

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2010, 2010, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-15
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 27 May 2014
Elizabeth J. Wilson and Alexandra B. Klass
Dartmouth College and University of Michigan Law School
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climate change, carbon sequestration, carbon storage, geologic carbon sequestration, property rights, fifth amendment, takings, physical takings, regulatory takings, natural gas act, underground waste injection, secondary oil and gas recovery

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Interstate Transmission Challenges for Renewable Energy: A Federalism Mismatch

65 Vanderbilt Law Review 1801 (2012), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-11
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
University of Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College
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renewable energy, wind, energy, FERC, RTO, ISO, Federalism, electricity, utilities, transmission lines, transmission

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Adverse Possession and Conservation: Expanding Traditional Notions of Use and Possession

77 University of Colorado Law Review 283 (2006)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Adverse Possession, Conservation, Environmental Law, Property, Undeveloped

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Energy Law and Policy

Energy Law and Policy (West Academic Publishing, 2d ed. 2018), ISBN: 978-1-64020-828-5
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Lincoln L. Davies, Alexandra B. Klass, Hari M. Osofsky, Joseph P. Tomain and Elizabeth J. Wilson
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law and Dartmouth College
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energy law, energy policy, energy resources, nuclear energy, wind energy, coal, natural gas, electricity, transportation, ethanol, renewable energy, solar energy, offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing, ratemaking, public utility commissions, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, grid modernization

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The Frontier of Eminent Domain

79 University of Colorado Law Review 651 (2008)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2013
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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public use, takings, Interior West, property reforms, split-estate, economic development, eminent domain, fifth amendment, due process, natural resources, oil, gas, coalbed methane, Kelo

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Punitive Damages and Valuing Harm

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 92, p. 83, 2007, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-08
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 15 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2007
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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punitive damages, tort, environmental law, natural resources, due process, damages, Exxon Valdez

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From Reservoirs to Remediation: The Impact of CERCLA on Common Law Strict Liability Environmental Claims

39 Wake Forest Law Review 903 (2004)
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 11 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2014
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Regulating for Energy Justice

97 NYU Law Review 1426 (2022)
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 22 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Alexandra B. Klass and Gabriel Chan
University of Michigan Law School and University of Minnesota - Minneapolis - Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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energy justice, energy poverty, utility regulation, electricity regulation, climate change, severe weather, COVID-19, utility shutoffs

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Energy and Eminent Domain

104 Minn. L. Rev. 659 (2019), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 413
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2019
James W. Coleman and Alexandra B. Klass
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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energy law, eminent domain, pipeline, power line, property law, constitutional law, just compensation, oil and gas, power transmission, takings, carbon, climate change, fracking, linear infrastructure

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Property Rights on the New Frontier: Climate Change, Natural Resource Development, and Renewable Energy

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 38, p. 63, 2011, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-61
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Climate Change, Natural Resources, Solar, Wind, Renewable Energy, Property Rights, Water Law, Prior Appropriation, Mining Law, Land Use Planning, State Permitting, Public Lands

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Modern Public Trust Principles: Recognizing Rights and Integrating Standards

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 699, 2006, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-51
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Public Trust Doctrine, Environment, Property, Environmental Rights, Environmental Protection, Constitutional Law, Common Law, Natural Resources

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Climate Change and the Convergence of Environmental and Energy Law

24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 180 (2013), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-12
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2013
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Climate Change, Environmental Law, Energy Law, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Global Warming Solutions Act, Next Generation Energy Act

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Energy Policy, Extraterritoriality, and the Dormant Commerce Clause

5 San Diego J. of Climate & Energy L. 127 (2013-2014), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-01
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2017
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth Henley
University of Michigan Law School and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law
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Expanding the U.S. Electric Transmission and Distribution Grid to Meet Deep Decarbonization Goals

Michael B. Gerrard & John Dernbach, eds., Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (2018 from ELI) Forthcoming, Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 47, 2017
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Sep 2017
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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electric transmission lines, climate change, decarbonization, deep decarbonization, land use, public utility commissions, federal power act, federal energy regulatory commission, eminent domain, takings, land use, electric grid, wind energy, energy storage, public lands, electric utilities, departme

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Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America

U of Houston Law Center 2021-W-1
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Victor Byers Flatt, Shalanda Helen Baker, Daniel A. Farber, Robert L. Glicksman, Alice Kaswan, Alexandra B. Klass, Christine A. Klein, Joel A. Mintz, Dan Rohlf, Karen C. Sokol, Joseph P. Tomain, Sandra B. Zellmer, Sarah Krakoff, Uma Outka, Dave Owen, Alejandro E. Camacho and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Northeastern University - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, University of Kansas - School of Law, UC Law, San Francisco, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and Penn State Law – University Park
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climate change, climate justice, energy, energy policy, climate policy, electricity, electricity policy, transportation

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Revitalizing Dormant Commerce Clause Review for Interstate Coordination

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 1 , 2015, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-07, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-14
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
Alexandra B. Klass and Jim Rossi
University of Michigan Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Federalism, Dormant Commerce Clause, Energy Markets, Energy Law, Renewable Energy, Electricity Transmission, Oil Pipelines, Eminent Domain, Public Utilities

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Renewable Energy and the Public Trust Doctrine

45 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1021 (2012), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-12
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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renewable energy, wind energy, solar energy, public lands, federal lands, public trust doctrine, offshore wind, onshore wind

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Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy

2020 Wisconsin Law Review 49 (2020)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2020
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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eminent domain, clean energy laws, renewable energy, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, electric transmission lines, public use, renewable portfolio standards

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Restoring the Trust: Water Resources and the Public Trust Doctrine, A Manual for Advocates

CPR White Paper #908, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-41
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Alexandra B. Klass and Ling-Yee Huang
University of Michigan Law School and Independent
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public trust, water, groundwater, riparian, prior appropriation, Fifth Amendment takings, background principle

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Common Law and Federalism in the Age of the Regulatory State

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 92, p. 545, 2007, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-26
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Jun 2006
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Environment, Federalism, Common Law, Tort, Natural Resources, Environmental Law

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Takings and Transmission

91 North Carolina Law Review 1079 (2013), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-48
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 22 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 07 May 2013
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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takings, eminent domain, electric transmission lines, renewable energy, merchant transmission lines, FERC Order 1000, Interstate Transmission Lines, Kelo, federalism

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Remaking Energy: The Critical Role of Energy Consumption Data

104 Calif. L. Rev. 1095 (2016), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-28
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2020
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
University of Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College
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smart grid, customer energy usage data, energy consumption data, distributed generation, micro-grids, distributed energy, distributed generation, energy efficiency, building benchmarking, privacy, TRI, GHG emissions data, green buildings, health care data, education data

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Reconstituting the Federalism Battle in Energy Transportation

41 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 423 (2017), University of Minnesota Law School, Legal Studies Research Paper Series, No. 16-27, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-09
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 10 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2017
Alexandra B. Klass and Jim Rossi
University of Michigan Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Constitution Pipeline, Plains and Eastern Clean Line, Clean Line Energy Partners, renewable energy, federalism, Clean Water Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Clean Water Act Certification, electric tranasmission lines, eminent domain, natural gas, electricity

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State Innovation and Preemption: Lessons from State Climate Change Efforts

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review,, Vol. 42, p. 1653, 2008, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-07
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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federal preemption, state law, federalism, climate change, global warming, environmental law, air pollution, supremacy clause, agency action, EPA, FDA

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Cooperative Clean Energy

100 North Carolina Law Review 1 (2021)
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 05 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2022
Alexandra B. Klass and Gabriel Chan
University of Michigan Law School and University of Minnesota - Minneapolis - Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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rural electric cooperatives, clean energy, climate change, clean energy transition, exit fees, cooperative principles, cooperative governance, utility regulation, racial equity, social equity, clean energy mandates, securitization, accelerated depreciation

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Punitive Damages after Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker: The Quest for Predictability and the Role of Juries

University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 7, p. 182, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-35
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Jun 2010
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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punitive damages, due process, ratios, Exxon Valdez, oil spill, deterrence, predictability, retribution, juries

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Tax Benefits, Property Rights, and Mandates: Considering the Future of Government Support for Renewable Energy

20 J. of Envtl. & Sustainability L. 19 (2013), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2015
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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tax policy, natural resources, energy policy, production tax credit, PTC, renewable fuel standard, low carbon fuel standard, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, eminent domain, split estate, biofuels, ethanol, wind energy, solar energy

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Energy Consumption Data: The Key to Improved Energy Efficiency

6 San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law 69 (2015), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-13
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 May 2015 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
University of Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College
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Energy efficiency, green buildings, energy consumption data, smart meters, data privacy, building benchmarking, customer energy usage data, consumer energy usage data, climate change

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State Standards for Nationwide Products Revisited: Federalism, Green Building Codes, and Appliance Efficiency Standards

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 34, p. 335, 2010, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-38
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2014
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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federalism, preemption, appliance efficiency, green building, LEED, climate change, greenhouse gases

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Bees, Trees, Preemption and Nuisance: a New Path to Resolving Pesticide Land Disputes

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 32, p. 763, 2005
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2008
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Local Power

75 Vanderbilt Law Review, 93 (2022)
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2022
Alexandra B. Klass and Rebecca Wilton
University of Michigan Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Municipal Utilities, Electric Utilities, State Preemption, Municipalization, Home Rule, Local Government Law, Energy Democracy, Energy Justice

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When Do State Transmission Siting Laws Violate the Constitution?

Electricity Journal, vol 28, issue 7, pp. 6-18 (2015), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-44, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-1
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2016
Alexandra B. Klass and Jim Rossi
University of Michigan Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Dormant Commerce Clause, Energy Law, Electric Power, Transmission, Infrastructure, Renewable Power

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Energy Law and Policy (3d ed. 2022)

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Dec 2021
Lincoln L. Davies, Alexandra B. Klass, Hari M. Osofsky, Joseph P. Tomain and Elizabeth J. Wilson
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law and Dartmouth College
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energy law, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage, renewable energy, wind, solar, fossil fuels, energy extraction, ratemaking, electricity regulation, electric vehicles, energy innovation, hydraulic fracturing, offshore oil and gas development, offshore wind development

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Public Utilities and Transportation Electrification

104 Iowa Law Review 545 (2019)
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 31 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2019
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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electric vehicles, EV charging, transportation electrification, deep decarbonization, public utility commissions, regulated industries, electric utilities, public utility regulation, independent agencies, agency procedures, agency adjudication, agency rulemaking, zero emission vehicles

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The Electric Grid at a Crossroads: A Regional Approach to Siting Transmission Lines

48 UC Davis Law Review 1895 (2015), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-37
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2015
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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electric transmission lines, preemption, natural gas, electricity, energy policy act, regional transmission organizations, RTOs, ISOs, energy, energy transportation, natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, natural gas act

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Pesticides, Children's Health Policy and Common Law Tort Claims

7 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 89 (2005)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Nov 2005
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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Children's Health, Daubert, Pesticides, Tort, Burden of Proof, Evidence, Products Liability, Common Law

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Future-Proofing Energy Transport Law

94 Wash. U. L. Rev. 827 (2017), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-11
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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oil pipelines, gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, merchant transmission lines, oil by rail, federalism, energy transport, renewable energy

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Tort Experiments in the Laboratories of Democracy

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 50, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-37
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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tort law, federalism, preemption, punitive damags, privacy rights, publicity rights, Supreme Court, Congress, consumer protection, environmental protection

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The Public Trust Doctrine in the Shadow of State Environmental Rights Laws: A Case Study

45 Environmental Law 431 (2015), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-15
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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public trust doctrine, environmental law, White Bear Lake, Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, groundwater wells, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, natural resources, public trust resources, public trust principles

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The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch

Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert, No. 1506, August 2015, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-50, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-50, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-43
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 12 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2016
Alice Kaswan, William W. Buzbee, David M. Driesen, Kirsten H. Engel, Victor Byers Flatt, Robert L. Glicksman, Emily Hammond, Alexandra B. Klass, Thomas Owen McGarity, Melissa Powers and Joseph P. Tomain
University of San Francisco - School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, George Washington University - Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School and University of Cincinnati - College of Law
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Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Clean Air Act, federalism, environmental justice, energy, cap-and-trade, offsets

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The Energy Transition and Mining: Reconciling the Growth of Renewable Energy with the Need for New Mineral Development

67 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 13-1 (2021)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2022
Alexandra B. Klass and Allison Mitchell
University of Michigan Law School and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
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mining, minerals, transition minerals, critical minerals, energy transition

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Chapter 1: Natural Resources Law and the Importance of Place

Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Problems and Cases (Aspen Publishing 5th ed.), ISBN 978-1-5438-3890-9, Aspen Publishing, Forthcoming , UC San Francisco Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Christine A. Klein, Bret Birdsong, Alexandra B. Klass, Eric Biber and Dave Owen
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and UC Law, San Francisco
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natural resources, forests, rangelands, minerals, energy, federal lands, public trust, water, wildlife, wetlands, fifth amendment takings

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Energy and Animals: A History of Conflict

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law, Vol. 3, p. 159, 2012, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-15
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Apr 2012
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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renewable energy, energy, hydropower, coal, oil and gas, endangered species, animals, animal protection

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The Law of Energy Exports

109 Calif. L. Rev. 733 (2021)
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2021
Alexandra B. Klass and Shantal Pai
University of Michigan Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Commerce Clause, Dormant Commerce Clause, Land Use, Environmental Protection, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Export Terminals, Dormant Foreign Commerce Clause, Energy Exports, Federalism, Clean Energy Laws, Climate Change, Millennium Bulk Terminal, GHG Emissions

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Regulating the Energy 'Free Riders'

100 Boston University Law Review 581 (2020)
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 06 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2020
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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energy efficiency, rooftop solar, distributed solar, value of solar tariff, free rider, EVs, electric vehicles, EV charging, public utility commissions, cost-benefit analysis, precautionary principle

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Transmission, Distribution, and Storage: Grid Integration, Ch. 20

Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, 2019
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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electric transmission lines, distributed energy, deep decarbonization, energy storage, microgrids

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Life Cycle Analysis and Transportation Energy

Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 485, 2017, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-20
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2017
Alexandra B. Klass and Andrew Heiring
University of Michigan Law School and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, School of Law, Students
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life cycle analysis, life cycle assessment, renewable fuels standard, electric vehicles, energy transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, biofuels, corn ethanol

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Evaluating Project Need for Natural Gas Pipelines in an Age of Climate Change: A Spotlight on FERC and the Courts

39 Yale Journal on Regulation 658 (2022), U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-034, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 22-034
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2022
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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FERC, natural gas pipelines, just and reasonable, natural gas act, climate change, 1999 pipeline policy statement, Federal Power Act, public convenience and necessity

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CERCLA, State Law, and Federalism in the 21st Century

41 Southwestern L. Rev. 679 (2012), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-10
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Feb 2013
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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CERCLA, contamination, remediation, federalism, MERLA, jury trials, contaminated property, cleanup, hazardous substance, hazardous waste

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Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, p. 237, 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
Alexandra B. Klass and Sara E. Bergan
University of Michigan Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Geologic Carbon Capture and Sequestration, CCS, Sustainability, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Mitigation

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Energy Transitions in the Trump Administration and Beyond

51 Envtl. L. 241 (2021)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Apr 2021
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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energy transition, Trump Administration, Biden Administration, public lands, clean energy, pipelines, renewable energy, fuel economy standards, vehicle emission standards

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The Public Use Clause in an Age of U.S. Natural Gas Exports

72 Stanford Law Review Online (Apr. 2020)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 May 2020
Alexandra B. Klass
University of Michigan Law School
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natural gas, public use, Fifth Amendment, energy exports, FERC, Natural Gas Act, eminent domain, property rights climate change

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Recognizing the Criminal/Civil Divide in the Use of Energy Data

72 Florida Law Review Forum 83 (2021)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Dec 2021
Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
University of Michigan Law School and Dartmouth College
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energy consumption data, energy use data, climate change, energy efficiency, solar energy, Fourth Amendment, Right to Privacy