Heather Payne
@lawprofpayne.bsky.social
Energy & Envtl Law. Prof. at Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University; BChE Georgia Tech; JD Carolina Law. Comments my own.
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This article by Heather Payne argues that using #blockchain & geospatial mapping can improve transparency & tracking of #coal ash in the U.S., addressing shortcomings in current fragmented #regulations.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).
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"Intervenors have established significant risks that the Partners will engage in operational and financial engineering to increase returns."
Hot off the docket - Huge win in MN, judge filed opinion JUST NOW recommending BlackRock/GIP acquisition of utility be DENIED.
Hell yea. A win for the people.
(If you’re a reporter and want to talk, you know how to find me 🤓)
Here's the ALJ filing: efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...
Hell yea. A win for the people.
(If you’re a reporter and want to talk, you know how to find me 🤓)
Here's the ALJ filing: efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...
July 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Intervenors have established significant risks that the Partners will engage in operational and financial engineering to increase returns."
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New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Blockchain for Coal Ash
<p>We are in the middle of a dynamic period of energy and environmental law – and this dynamic includes significant technological changes as well. Putting these
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June 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Blockchain for Coal Ash
<p>We are in the middle of a dynamic period of energy and environmental law – and this dynamic includes significant technological changes as well. Putting these
papers.ssrn.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New paper! A Blockchain for Coal Ash aims to describe a system where we are actually tracking coal ash - and transparently recording where it ends up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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"A new study from Stanford University found that children living in homes with frequent gas stove use and poor ventilation face nearly twice the lifetime cancer risk from benzene exposure compared to adults."
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May 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"A new study from Stanford University found that children living in homes with frequent gas stove use and poor ventilation face nearly twice the lifetime cancer risk from benzene exposure compared to adults."
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Ghostwriting the Government: This article by Bridget C.E. Dooling argues that when #government decision-makers rely on #ghostwriting, it can conflict with their duty to reason & make informed decisions.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ghostwriting the Government: This article by Bridget C.E. Dooling argues that when #government decision-makers rely on #ghostwriting, it can conflict with their duty to reason & make informed decisions.
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#Artificialintelligence is rapidly changing various professional sectors, including the #electric grid. This article by Heather Payne & Joel B. Eisen highlights beneficial applications of #AI in the grid context.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#Artificialintelligence is rapidly changing various professional sectors, including the #electric grid. This article by Heather Payne & Joel B. Eisen highlights beneficial applications of #AI in the grid context.
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Thank you, @womenknowlaw.bsky.social!
Congratulations to @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social Prof. @lawprofpayne.bsky.social! She and Prof. Joel Eisen authored "Utilities With Purpose" which was named one of the top 5 environmental law articles of 2024 at the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference! law.richmond.edu/features/art...
a person is painting a picture with the words nature is so fantastic enjoy it let it make you happy behind them
ALT: a person is painting a picture with the words nature is so fantastic enjoy it let it make you happy behind them
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April 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thank you, @womenknowlaw.bsky.social!
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Professor @joeleisen.bsky.social and Ohio State's @lawprofpayne.bsky.social were honored at the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference in D.C. for their article "Utilities With Purpose," named one of 2024's top 5 environmental law articles. law.richmond.edu/features/art...
Award-Winning Scholarship
Professor Joel Eisen’s “Utilities with Purpose” recognized as one of the best environmental law articles of 2024.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Professor @joeleisen.bsky.social and Ohio State's @lawprofpayne.bsky.social were honored at the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference in D.C. for their article "Utilities With Purpose," named one of 2024's top 5 environmental law articles. law.richmond.edu/features/art...
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Excited to announce that “Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy,” by me & @lawprofpayne.bsky.social, is forthcoming in the San Diego Law Review. We discuss how AI can assist intervenors in PUC utility cases who currently encounter many barriers.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Excited to announce that “Artificial Intelligence and Energy Democracy,” by me & @lawprofpayne.bsky.social, is forthcoming in the San Diego Law Review. We discuss how AI can assist intervenors in PUC utility cases who currently encounter many barriers.
Download at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Download at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The fossil fuel industry knows hooking up gas to new buildings gives our kids asthma and irreparably damages our climate.
They’ve launched an international campaign to make sure we keep doing it anyway.
They’ve launched an international campaign to make sure we keep doing it anyway.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Keep New Buildings Dependent on Gas
A new report shows how a strategic worldwide campaign to delay building electrification policies risks public health and climate goals.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The fossil fuel industry knows hooking up gas to new buildings gives our kids asthma and irreparably damages our climate.
They’ve launched an international campaign to make sure we keep doing it anyway.
They’ve launched an international campaign to make sure we keep doing it anyway.
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Yes! Me and @lawprofpayne.bsky.social wrote a whole article about the health harms of gas stoves and proposed a legal remedy in Warrantying Health Equity here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Yes! Me and @lawprofpayne.bsky.social wrote a whole article about the health harms of gas stoves and proposed a legal remedy in Warrantying Health Equity here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Power companies pressure Trump EPA to roll back rules on toxic coal ash energynews.us/2025/01/29/p...
Power companies pressure Trump EPA to roll back coal ash rules| Energy News Network
A letter signed by executives from a dozen firms asks the EPA to let the companies off the hook for cleaning up harmful coal ash sites.
energynews.us
January 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Power companies pressure Trump EPA to roll back rules on toxic coal ash energynews.us/2025/01/29/p...
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This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
Stories of resistance from within can help.
This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.
We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.
Would you please share?
tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2
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I’ve been reporting for 2 years on a proposed federal rule to slow boats in order te save the critically endangered right whale.
Republicans and boating lobbyists spent millions to block the rule by running ads, overwhelming NOAA and running down the clock.
It worked 👇
apnews.com/article/whal...
Republicans and boating lobbyists spent millions to block the rule by running ads, overwhelming NOAA and running down the clock.
It worked 👇
apnews.com/article/whal...
January 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’ve been reporting for 2 years on a proposed federal rule to slow boats in order te save the critically endangered right whale.
Republicans and boating lobbyists spent millions to block the rule by running ads, overwhelming NOAA and running down the clock.
It worked 👇
apnews.com/article/whal...
Republicans and boating lobbyists spent millions to block the rule by running ads, overwhelming NOAA and running down the clock.
It worked 👇
apnews.com/article/whal...
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We made a list and we hope you check it twice - and make sure to send it to everyone you know in NC thegriffinlist.com
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
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January 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We made a list and we hope you check it twice - and make sure to send it to everyone you know in NC thegriffinlist.com
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Eric Biber, The Importance of Reliability in an Age of Electrification (December 5, 2024) (reviewing Heather Payne, Reliance and Reliability, UC Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming); Joshua Macey et al., Grid Reliability in the Electric Era, 41 Yale J. on Reg. 163 (2024)), lex.jotwell.com/the-importan....
The Importance of Reliability in an Age of Electrification - Lex
Heather Payne, Reliance and Reliability, UC Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming), available at SSRN (January 30, 2024). Joshua Macey, Shelley Welton, & Hannah Wiseman, Grid Reliability in the Electric Era 41...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Eric Biber, The Importance of Reliability in an Age of Electrification (December 5, 2024) (reviewing Heather Payne, Reliance and Reliability, UC Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming); Joshua Macey et al., Grid Reliability in the Electric Era, 41 Yale J. on Reg. 163 (2024)), lex.jotwell.com/the-importan....
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
December 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
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On Monday, I filed a comment at FERC on behalf of 5 energy law professors about FERC's approach to providing consumers relief when it finds that a utility made imprudent decisions --
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December 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM
On Monday, I filed a comment at FERC on behalf of 5 energy law professors about FERC's approach to providing consumers relief when it finds that a utility made imprudent decisions --
elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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The health costs to restaurant workers of gas stoves are fantastically bad. Methane, CO2, CO, NOx, VOC pollution at dangerous levels even when vented, with constantly dangerous heat exposure equivalent to being outside in the worst heat waves. #agu24
December 12, 2024 at 5:43 PM
The health costs to restaurant workers of gas stoves are fantastically bad. Methane, CO2, CO, NOx, VOC pollution at dangerous levels even when vented, with constantly dangerous heat exposure equivalent to being outside in the worst heat waves. #agu24
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I’m obviously frustrated with the constant allegation that the huge (and only one they can come up with) benefit of the US healthcare system is “not having to wait for services.” Are there any of you that have a story about having to wait to your health detriment for US healthcare? Please share.
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I’m obviously frustrated with the constant allegation that the huge (and only one they can come up with) benefit of the US healthcare system is “not having to wait for services.” Are there any of you that have a story about having to wait to your health detriment for US healthcare? Please share.