Acknowledgments
This book is a project of the Smart Grid Project at Vermont Law School’s
Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE, wwwvermontlaw . . edu/
energy). The Institute for Energy and the Environment is a national and
world energy policy resource with an advanced energy law and policy
curriculum focused on the energy policy of the future. The institute
serves as a center for graduate research on energy issues with an environ-
mental awareness. We select our research associates from top students in
our Master of Energy Regulation and Law (MERL), JD, and LLM in Energy
Law programs. Our unique year-round Energy Clinic works on the cut-
ting edge of renewable energy development and, as one early result of our
work, the Vermont Law School is powered by more than 50 percent local
solar energy.
At Vermont Law School, we teach energy in the context of justice and
the environment and what we want the world to be 50 years from now.
The legal system will critically affect how humanity meets the challenge
of energy and environmental issues. In the private sector, in government
policy and regulation, in advocacy, in teaching and research, in setting
the frameworks for emerging markets and technologies, from local to
state to federal to international levels: the emerging generation of legal
experts will shape the future of the planet. Vermont Law School is dedi-
cated to giving that generation the expertise and broad vision it will need
to play a leading role.
Finally, we would like to thank some key people who keep the good
things happening at VLS and our top-ranked Environmental Law Center.
A big thanks to President and Dean Marc Mihaly, vice dean of faculty
David Mears, associate dean for Environmental Programs and director of
the Environmental Law Center, Melissa Scanlan, and a special thanks to
our IEE program coordinator, Jenny Thomas.
