Santa Clara Law Review V. 59

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59 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1 (2019-2020)

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A LEGAL -JURISDICTIONAL TRAINWRECK_

Steven Ferrey*

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Reconstructing a Train Wreck ...................................................... 2
II. T he Legal M echani sms of the Clean Power Plan E nactment and/or
R epeal ................................................................................... . 6
A. Federal CPP Standards; State Plans For Implementation ....... 7
1. T he A dmi nistrative R ul e ............................................ 7
2. T he Legal C hal lenge ................................................. 14
B. T he C ongressi onal Review A ct ....................................... 18
III. Executive Branch Regulation: Transition and Repeal ............... 22
A. Transition in Administrations .......................................... 22
B. The Legal Basis of Regulatory Repeal ............................ 25
C. T he Legal D i mensi ons of Internati onal :B enefit ........... 28
D. A re: C o-B enefits -a L egitmate Operand? ........................ 31
IV. Legal Dispute Changing Constitutional and Administrative Law .37
A. 'Staying_ Current L ex ................................................... 37
B. Legal 'Tailoring ............................................................. 40
C. Required Consideration of Regulatory Costs ...................4..... 4
1. M ercury and A i r T oxics Standards .......................... 44
2. Legal C hal lenge ......................................................... 46
3. Next Steps ................................................................ 52
V. Strategic Assessment: Impact of C P P Stay or Repeal ................ 55
VI. Technology Change Interfaces with Law .................................. 59

* Steven Ferrey is Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School and was
Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in 2003. Since 1993, Professor Ferrey has
been a primary legal advisor to the World Bank and the United Nations on their renewable
and carbon reduction policies in developing countries, where he has worked extensively in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Pomona College, a
J uris Doctorate and a Master-s Degree in Regional Energy Planning both from University of
California at Berkeley, and was a post-doctoral Fulbright Fellow at the University of London
between his graduate degrees. He is the author of seven books on administrative and
regulatory energy and environmental law and policy, the most recent of which are Unlocking
The Global Warmng Toolbox (2010); Environmental Law, (7th ed. 2016, 8th ed. 2019); and
The Law of Independent Power (47th ed. 2019). He also is the author of 100 articles on legal
topics. Professor Ferrey thanks his research assistants, Lauren Karam andJ amie Whelan,
for research assistance.