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New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the eBook. This casebook serves as a guide to energy law and policy for students who seek to practice in the field--and anyone interested in better understanding this critical area. It overviews our fundamental energy systems, introduces key federal, state, and local actors that shape energy challenges, and explores the multi-jurisdictional approach to energy regulation pervasive in the United States. The book explains the foundations of the laws and policies governing energy extraction, use, markets, and transport. It covers how we make energy from renewable and non-renewable resources and examines the future of the energy sector in light of new technologies, market trends, emerging risks, and the need for greater equity. The authors use a systemic approach that allows for a deeper exploration of the linkages between the resources, technologies, law, policy, and markets that make up our core energy systems, including electricity and transportation. Energy Law and Policy contains cases, sample statutes and regulations, and pertinent excerpts from experts. These policy-oriented, often empirical materials offer the necessary building blocks for a public law course, particularly one covering a rapidly transitioning field. The book is organized into three parts that introduce students to the fundamental aspects of the energy sector, energy law, and the most pressing energy topics of the 21st century. The fourth edition expands and deepens coverage in important ways: Updated treatment of state and federal policies governing the energy sector, including: Permitting and financial incentives for renewable energy and fossil fuels Electric grid modernization Energy markets Natural gas pipeline expansion State 100% clean energy laws State, regional, and interregional transmission line financing, planning and