Joel B. Eisen
@joeleisen.bsky.social
Professor of energy and administrative law, crossword, music and fútbol lover. "LeoNessie" on mycrossword.co.uk. Posts are not endorsements.
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DOE's "emergency" orders are causing all kinds of new problems for FERC. For an administration that says they want "energy dominance" and less regulation, the approach has been far from thoughtful:
www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...
www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...
Kentucky utility, AG challenge PJM’s regional cost allocation plan for DOE ‘emergency’ orders
Load-serving entities shouldn’t be required to pay for costs they didn’t cause, East Kentucky Power Cooperative and Kentucky’s attorney general told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
www.utilitydive.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
DOE's "emergency" orders are causing all kinds of new problems for FERC. For an administration that says they want "energy dominance" and less regulation, the approach has been far from thoughtful:
www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...
www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...
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Streaming crosswords in a couple of hours, join us at 12 noon GMT to help solve new cryptics by Skirwingle @skirwingle.bsky.social and LeoNessie @joeleisen.bsky.social!
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November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I'll be there! See you soon, @archelina.bsky.social and @wyrd.systems
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November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'll be there! See you soon, @archelina.bsky.social and @wyrd.systems
New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk); clues like
Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5)
Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream
Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5)
Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk); clues like
Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5)
Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream
Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5)
Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream
The final exam questions in Admin Law just keep writing themselves
I give you (dramatic pause) the Administrative Procedure Act!
*crowd goes wild*
*crowd goes wild*
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The final exam questions in Admin Law just keep writing themselves
This is what it's come to. DOE illegally cancels projects and GOP Senators say it's OK because they can go hat in hand to beg to keep the ones in their states going. Not how Congress works, folks.
E&E News: Democrats eye challenge to DOE project cuts
A top Democrat said he was "apoplectic" about the grant cancellations, while Senate Republicans say they’re in talks with the Department of Energy — and taking solace in small victories.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is what it's come to. DOE illegally cancels projects and GOP Senators say it's OK because they can go hat in hand to beg to keep the ones in their states going. Not how Congress works, folks.
My alma mater steps up bravely and unequivocally. So proud!
October 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My alma mater steps up bravely and unequivocally. So proud!
Racing to the finish line.
America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.
www.canarymedia.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Racing to the finish line.
Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!
contocrosswords - Twitch
I solve puzzles from mycrossword.co.uk, often on a Wednesday, late morning.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!
While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.
E&E News: Renewables overtake coal as global electricity leader
It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.
New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.
October 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.
Electric vehicles - and other sources of demand flexibility - are an underrated element of the strategy to meet increased demand from data centers. Nice story about (finally!) progress toward vehicle-to-grid functionality.
E&E News: Are EVs and the grid about to merge? Maybe.
The new electric Acura RSX will send electricity to a house. It's the latest step in the march toward two-directional charging.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Electric vehicles - and other sources of demand flexibility - are an underrated element of the strategy to meet increased demand from data centers. Nice story about (finally!) progress toward vehicle-to-grid functionality.
Naked and brazen politicking, indeed.
E&E News: White House to slash $8B in funding for blue states
The Trump administration is pulling billions of dollars in federal support for 16 states that did not vote for the president in 2024.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Naked and brazen politicking, indeed.
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....
Now doing essential reading for an aspiring crossword setter:
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Now doing essential reading for an aspiring crossword setter:
Here we go.
BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor — in a shadow docket order that also allows Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter as an FTC commissioner to take effect while the appeal is considered, which should not be allowed under Humphrey's Executor.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A264 (25-332)
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. U. REBECCA KELLY SLAUGHTER, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 22, 2025]
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25-cv-909, ECF Doc. 52, is stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following ques-tions: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey's Executor
v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), should be overruled.
(2) Whether a federal court may prevent a person's removal from public office, either through relief at equity or at law.
The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2025 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiatn7hy67rd6co3ichuyzatyrlbh6wvclmhfzv25lsb3tgntp2z54@jpeg)
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here we go.
There was no legitimate reason to stop Revolution Wind, judge says, calling it "the height of arbitrary and capricious"
Orsted Venture Wins Court Ruling to Restart Wind Farm Work (1)
An Orsted A/S-backed wind farm venture off the Rhode Island coast can resume construction during a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order on the multibillion dollar project, a ...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There was no legitimate reason to stop Revolution Wind, judge says, calling it "the height of arbitrary and capricious"
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CA takes big step for ratepayers & planet, advancing legislation to pave way for Western RTO (part of suite of climate & energy policies to be celebrated as national government takes us backwards on these issues). Still, many hurdles & obstacles remain to establishing a well-functioning Western RTO:
Regional Western electricity market closer to reality following California vote
The passage of AB 825 caps a years-long push by many clean energy advocates to regionalize the Western energy markets and sets the stage for the creation of a regional transmission organization.
www.utilitydive.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
CA takes big step for ratepayers & planet, advancing legislation to pave way for Western RTO (part of suite of climate & energy policies to be celebrated as national government takes us backwards on these issues). Still, many hurdles & obstacles remain to establishing a well-functioning Western RTO:
Many thanks to @liari.bsky.social and @guineverecryptic.bsky.social (and Gennaro) for their very helpful feedback on this cryptic crossword, now up on MyCrossword. I'm learning a lot from them and others on this wonderful site!
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Many thanks to @liari.bsky.social and @guineverecryptic.bsky.social (and Gennaro) for their very helpful feedback on this cryptic crossword, now up on MyCrossword. I'm learning a lot from them and others on this wonderful site!
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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).
Beyond its precise and completely convincing validation of Lisa Cook's argument, this is an outstanding, well crafted legal brief.
Lisa Cook's response filed with the DC Circuit:
storage.courtlistener.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Beyond its precise and completely convincing validation of Lisa Cook's argument, this is an outstanding, well crafted legal brief.
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"The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines" | My #ScienceUnderSiege-themed op-ed for the @bostonglobe.com is now outside the paywall:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...
The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines - The Boston Globe
Trump’s assault on wind is a quid pro quo to the fossil fuel interests, plutocrats, and petrostate actors who helped return him to power.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines" | My #ScienceUnderSiege-themed op-ed for the @bostonglobe.com is now outside the paywall:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...
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This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
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If you happen to be at one of these law schools in the South, be sure to check out one of my fabulous colleague @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social’s book events!
Now that August is officially ended it’s tour time! I’m traveling around with my book Secrets of the Killing State. Join me in conversation with law professors, advocates, and community leaders as we uncover the history behind America’s most common execution method. Looking forward to see you there!
September 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you happen to be at one of these law schools in the South, be sure to check out one of my fabulous colleague @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social’s book events!