James W ColemanSouthern Methodist University | SMU · Dedman School of Law
James W Coleman
Juris Doctor
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Introduction
I research regulation of North American energy companies. I focus on energy transport, such as pipelines, power-lines, and LNG, and how countries, states, and provinces account for and influence energy markets in their trading partners. I study how domestic energy regulations interact with international energy markets and limits on state authority set by constitutional law and trade law.
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Education
September 2004 - June 2007
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Publications (6)
Energy products such as power, gas, and oil have long been the world’s premier commodities. Consumers demand that power and fuel are available when they want it and they prefer to pay less for it. Few know or care where their fuel or power comes from. So for years energy companies believed that efforts to differentiate their products were mostly in...
As the world embarks on a transition toward a low-carbon economy, one common characteristic of alternatives to fossil fuels has gone surprisingly unexamined: the cost of these alternative sources is disproportionately concentrated in capital expenses, rather than operating expenses. Solar, wind, and hydro power have very low operating expenses: the...
In the determination of the net impact of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on greenhouse gas emissions, Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of electricity generation have yet to combine the effects of transport distances between exporting and importing countries, country-level infrastructure in importing countries, and the fuel sources displaced in importing c...
