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Heather Payne

@lawprofpayne.bsky.social
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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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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We also love our Miele heat pump dryer - ours is a TWI180WP (matched the washer we wanted)
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Orange Water and Sewer Authority @owasa-nc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you have a genuine desire to serve people? Do you want to help govern and manage our most precious natural resource? Apply to join OWASA's Board of Directors! We have 2 vacancies on our Board and are seeking dedicated and diverse individuals to join. Submit your application today:
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
$8.99 a gallon in the Bay Area…
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Joel B. Eisen @joeleisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very happy to have our article on data centers accepted for publication in Villanova LR. Couldn’t ask for a better co-author than @lawprofpayne.bsky.social! We focus on a surprisingly basic problem: obtaining info needed to understand the data center development process. Download: shorturl.at/wZ4hW
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Data Centers' Data Problem
<p>The rapid expansion of data centers to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing is reshaping the electric grid while exposing a fundamental weakne
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Closest thing it sounds like to me is East of the Sun West of the Moon, but in that the prince was turned into a bear instead of a frog…
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I looked at this about a decade ago - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Game Over: Regulatory Capture, Negotiation, and Utility Rate Cases in an Age of Disruption
Utility ratemaking proceedings at public utility commissions across the country are becoming the new battleground in the transition to clean energy. While techn
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mold is typically already covered. However, locales should make it more clear what is covered in that jurisdiction and easier for renters to use to address exactly these types of health issues.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@jennoliva.bsky.social and I have written how existing laws could be used to help renters suffering from air quality issues due to their gas appliances: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Warrantying Health Equity
The United States is experiencing a significant rise in the prevalence of asthma and other debilitating respiratory and cardiovascular ailments that disproporti
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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.
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Associate Professor of Law or Professor of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington is seeking outstanding entry-level and lateral tenured/tenure-track applicants to meet needs in a variety of curricular areas caused by planned r...
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
First need required disclosure early which is continually updated & has extremely limited confidentiality. @joeleisen.bsky.social & I will have paper out on that soon - & our solution doesn’t require new legislation. Law reviews out there - Data Centers’ Data Problem needs a home #lawsky #energysky
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It was worse earlier…PEPCO over $3000, PSEG over $2500
Graph showing LMPs for PSEGGraph showing LMPs for PEPCO
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I think many have experienced something similar. Maybe naming so the rest of us realize and can avoid said person / citing their work is the best way to move forward?
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Should also be gas utilities
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It’s so hard when you need to let them go. Hoping yours rallies again and that you get many more happy days together.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Was thinking precisely "we can just require things" when reading this article about NJ potentially adopting PBR. Let's normalize just requiring utilities to act in the public interest rather than thinking we need to pay them to do that. NJ, we deserve better!
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N.J. Eyes Utility Reform to Address Consumer Costs
New Jersey launched an effort to harness performance incentives and multiyear rate plans to modernize its utility business model and control consumer costs.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
With focus on affordability, instantaneous access to electric consumption data should be the minimum: www.utilitydive.com/news/access-.... But that's not enough. There is plenty of theory to say that customers own their data & that's what regulators should require utilities implement. More on that:
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Sharing Negawatts: Property Law, Electricity Data and Facilitating the Energy Sharing Economy
While the sharing economy has mostly focused on tangible assets or facilitating labor transactions, the potential to incorporate sharing—in the form of changes
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#EnergySky 🔌💡
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Last week I had the honor of accepting the 11th Annual Morrison Prize for my article, Reliance and Reliability. The prize, awarded by ASU Law, recognizes the most influential sustainability-focused legal scholarship published in the past year - so it means a lot to see this work resonate.
Professor Heather Payne standing at a podium with a slide with reliance and reliability behind her
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Another great thing about winning this prize is I got to celebrate with three fabulous Energy Law colleagues with whom I have co-authored other articles: @joeleisen.bsky.social, Felix Mormann, and Steve Weissman. More on the Morrison prize: law.asu.edu/newsroom/hea...
Steve Weissman, Heather Payne, Felix Mormann, and Joel Eisen stand outside a building together
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I'm most grateful for the recognition of the key argument of this work: customers belong at the center of how we talk about reliability, and our regulatory system must evolve to make that happen. Reliability isn't an abstraction utilities deliver to people.
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Reliance and Reliability
As we move toward full electrification for household uses, we will need to change the perspective of how we look at reliability and the reliance we have on our
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Last week I had the honor of accepting the 11th Annual Morrison Prize for my article, Reliance and Reliability. The prize, awarded by ASU Law, recognizes the most influential sustainability-focused legal scholarship published in the past year - so it means a lot to see this work resonate.
Professor Heather Payne standing at a podium with a slide with reliance and reliability behind her
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@markjames6.bsky.social Any insight here?
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
And require secure bonds for the full take-or-pay amount (no self-bonding!)
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Chicago does win on donuts though. Do-Rite lemon pistachio cake are the best.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
And bringing the Triangle into it: Pizzeria Mercato in Carrboro and Pizzeria Toro in Durham are amazing
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Let me know when you’re around. We’ll go together.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Artie’s in Maplewood. The best NJ pie.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I have also never uploaded before acceptance
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Congrats @joshgalperin.bsky.social !
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I am thrilled that my article, Reliance and Reliability, has been awarded the 11th Annual Morrison Prize! More info on the prize here: law.asu.edu/newsroom/hea... And the article can be downloaded at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I am thrilled that my article, Reliance and Reliability, has been awarded the 11th Annual Morrison Prize! More info on the prize here: law.asu.edu/newsroom/hea... And the article can be downloaded at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Many of these sites are also contaminated, making them difficult to productively reuse. But they often are close to population, making them useful for distribution-level storage. More on that idea: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
There also aren’t specialized insurance products focused on water utilities that could help manage the financial impacts of these risks and aid in recovery when they occur, especially for smaller systems.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I am so thrilled to have you as a colleague! Congratulations!
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
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Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxin, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News
The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Michigan Law Review Book Review Issue?
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Some thoughts on reliability, published earlier this year - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Reliance and Reliability
As we move toward full electrification for household uses, we will need to change the perspective of how we look at reliability and the reliance we have on our
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Some thoughts on regulatory reform to make things better for customers as reliability gets worse: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Reliance and Reliability
As we move toward full electrification for household uses, we will need to change the perspective of how we look at reliability and the reliance we have on our
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Here’s one study from 2016 that lists 5.3% as the upper limit of PV integration in the Carolinas without major operational changes to the nuclear plants based on assumptions provided by Duke: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Residential Solar PV Systems in the Carolinas: Opportunities and Outcomes
This paper presents a first-order analysis of the feasibility and technical, environmental, and economic effects of large levels of solar photovoltaic (PV) penetration within the services areas of the...
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Thanks for highlighting, @ssrn.bsky.social! Excited that the final version comes out next week.
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Joel B. Eisen @joeleisen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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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Utilities With Purpose
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting has become a mainstay of corporate and investment decision-making, although not without controversy. Corpor
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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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Utilities With Purpose
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting has become a mainstay of corporate and investment decision-making, although not without controversy. Corpor
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Intervenors have established significant risks that the Partners will engage in operational and financial engineering to increase returns."
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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 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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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thanks, Wyatt!
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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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 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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Heather Payne @lawprofpayne.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It also poses legal challenges for local governments. They might be worse off legally by knowing potential issues caused by climate change. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Roads to Nowhere in Four States: State and Local Governments in the Atlantic Southeast Facing Sea-Level Rise
Coastal communities are becoming increasingly aware of the risks to local infrastructure from more frequent and severe flooding, more extreme storm surges, and
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"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." www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
The findings showed that children’s lifetime cancer risk from this exposure is 1.85 times higher than that of adults. 
“Children generally breathe faster and take in more air — and therefore more pollutants — relative to their smaller body size,” the researchers noted.
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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. Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
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