Rule's Renewable Energy: Law, Policy and Practice, 3d

This third edition casebook focuses on renewable energy law and policy—a captivating and rapidly-expanding area of legal practice. The book provides detailed and accessible introductions to a diverse array of property law, land use law, utilities law, and policy issues associated with renewable energy development. Updated after Congress’ enactment of the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the book also features coverage of numerous changes that are presently impacting the renewable energy sector—including recent reforms to federal renewable energy tax credit programs and data centers’ growing impacts on electricity grids and markets. In addition to its dozens of excerpted cases, statutes, and journal articles, the book includes a simplified wind energy lease and realistic samples of other types of documentation that transactional lawyers are likely to encounter when representing developers of utility-scale wind or solar energy projects. With more than 200 answerable questions and several extensive Policy Problems and Practical Skills Exercises, the book is ideal for law school classroom use. Its unique and exhaustive coverage of a broad range of topics likewise makes it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the legal and policy matters that surround the nation’s burgeoning renewable energy industry.