Biography
Professor Steven Ferrey teaches at Suffolk University Law School, and is particularly focused on energy, land-use, climate, and environmental law. He has testified as an expert before 7 different committees of the U.S. Congress and served on three Presidentially-appointed national advisory committees. Professor Ferrey has been a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, a Visiting Professor at Boston University Law School, and in 2015 he was named Distinguished Energy Scholar by Vermont Law School. Prior to teaching, he served as Senior Counsel at the National Consumer Law Center, the Environmental Defense Fund, and has advised the United Nations and international organizations. Professor Ferrey has spoken at conferences across the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. In addition to over 150 law review articles and numerous chapters in edited books, Professor Ferrey has authored 8 books, including Powering the Future: A Lawyer’s Guide to Clean Energy (ABA 2024); The Law of Independent Power, (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) 66th edition 2026; Environmental Law, Energy, Climate & Land Use – Examples & Explanations (Aspen) 10th edition 2025;
Education
- BA, Pomona College
- MA, JD, University of California, Berkeley
Publications
Articles
- Into the Legal "Twilight Zone": State Tength Amendment Jurisdiction Displacing Climate Supremacy 28 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 715 (2025).
- Down To The Wire: Connecting the Critical Path to Climate, 48 Vt. L. Rev. 505 (2024).
- Cryptocurrency — Legally Navigating the “Highway to Climate Hell,” 39 U.C.L. Env't J. 25 (2024).
- Legal Asynchrony: Constitutional “Bridges” Inverting Elemental U.S. Technology, 95 U. Colo. L. Rev. 575 (2024).
- Reading Between the Lines of the IRA + IIJA Power Gaps, 41 Pace Env't L. Rev. 17 (2023).
- Flipped Constitutional Supremacy: Inferior Local Law Blocking Federal Policy, 2023 Utah L. Rev. 65 (2023).
- Disordered Law: Obama to Trump Executive Branch Orders Mandating Non-Enforcement of International Treaties, 85 Alb. L. Rev. 439 (2022).
- Dislocating the Separation of Powers State ‘Thumb’ on the Biden Sustainability Initiatives & Law, 54 Ariz. St. L. J. 439 (2022).
- Supreme Court Arrests Regulatory Law on Climate and Sustainable Power, 24 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1096 (2022).
- Legal History Repeats Itself on Climate Change: The Commerce Clause and Renewable Energy, 33 Geo. Env't Law Rev. 489 (2022).
- Tightening the Legal ‘Net’: The Constitution's Supremacy Clause Straddle of the Power Divide, 10 Mich. J. Env't & Admin. L. 415 (2021).
- Null Climate Federalism: State Frustration of Federal Renewable Energy Entitlements, 39 Va. Env't L. J. 1 (2021).
- The “Green New Deal” Constitutional Limitations; Rerouting Green Technology, 44 Vt. L. Rev. 777 (2020).
- Counter-Intuitive Climate Forcing: Post Paris Agreement Corporate Incentives, 43 Vt. L. Rev. 629 (2019).
- Sustainable Development Arrested by U.S. Criminal Law, 68 Am. U. L. Rev. 2145 (2019).
- A Legal "Jurisdictional Train-Wreck", 59 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1 (2019).
- Against the Wind—Sustainability, Migration, Presidential Discretion, 44 Colum. J. Env't L. 341 (2019).
- Anthropocenic Disruption in World Energy: Response of International Law, 41 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 475 (2019).
- Phantom Regulation: The New Supreme Court Algorithm Changing Executive Power, 3 U. Pa. J. L. & Pub. Aff. (2018).
- Supreme Court Shifts Supremacy Doctrine — Preempting State Sustainability?, 50 Ariz. St. L. J. 515 (2018).
- The Supreme Court's Constitutional “Bright Line”: Preempting Authority of 47 of 50 States, 10 Ne. U. L. Rev. 143 (2018).
- ZEC Oscillations in the Commerce Clause, 19 Vt. J. Env't L. 365 (2018).
- Rewired Infrastructure Post-Paris, 33 Conn. J. Int'l L. 328 (2018).
- Mind the Gap: Supreme Court Contraction of Legal Discretion for the Executive Branch, 13 Tex. J. Oil, Gas, and Energy L. 143 (2018).
- Black Swan Reconfiguration: Legal Separation of American Powers, 42 Vt. L. Rev. 29 (2018).
- Unforced Errors, Legal Fulcrum & International Climate, 20 Minn. J. L. Sci. & Tech. 115 (2018).
- The Second Element, First Priority, 24 J. Sci. & Tech. L. 41 (2018).
- Gone with the Wind: State Preemptive Power, 79 Alb. L. Rev. 1479 (2017).
- Supreme Court Strips States of Their Power Over the World's Second Most Important Technology, 69 Baylor L. Rev. 315 (2017).
- Moving the Legal Needle of Western Climate and Energy Options, 8 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 129 (2017).
- The Poles of Power: Magnetic Bi-Directional Turn of the Meter, 8 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Env't L. 39 (2017).
- Legal Challenges for “Leaving It in the Ground:” Touchstone Developments and Holdings, 47 Env't L. Rep. 10312 (2017).
- The Medium Is the Message, 35 Va. Env't L. J. 213 (2017).
- Siting Technology, Land-Use Energized, 66 Cath. U. L. Rev. 1 (2016).
- Superfund Chaos Theory: What Happens When the Lower Federal Courts Don’t Follow the Supreme Court, 6 Mich. J. Env't & Admin. L. 151 (2016).
- Net Legal Power, 53 San Diego L. Rev. 221 (2016).
- Torquing the Levers of International Power, 15 Wash. U. Glob. Stud. L. Rev. 255 (2016).
- Eminent Domain and Serrated Power, 39 U. Haw. L. Rev. 171 (2016).
- When a State Does the “Circuit”: State Administrative Discretion at the Jurisdictional Precipice, 21 Nexus: Chap. J. L. & Pol'y 21 (2016).
- Presidential Executive Action: Unilaterally Changing the World’s Critical Technology and Infrastructure, 54 Drake L. Rev. 43 (2016).
- Unresolved Judicial Conflict and Critical Infrastructure, 3 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 581 (2016).
- Reinventing the Core U.S. Technology Through the Push of New Regulation Leveraging Market Pull, 31 J. Land Use & Env't L. 1 (2015).
- State Refusal Triggers Constitutional Crisis: Past Is Prologue on Energy and Infrastructure, 34 Rev. Litigation 423 (2015).
- Competitive Orders, the Final Monopoly, and the Second Most Important Invention in History, 8 Ky. J. Equine Agric. & Nat. Res. 75 (2015).
- Can the Ninth Circuit Overrule the Supreme Court on the Constitution? 93 Neb. L. Rev. 807 (2015).
- Ring-Fencing the Power Envelope of History's Second Most Important Invention of All Time, 40 Wm. & Mary Env't L. & Pol'y Rev. 1 (2015).
- International Power on 'Power,' 45 Env't L. 1063 (2015).
- Wrinkles in the Administrative Fabric: Regulatory Initiatives and California Economic Development, 20 Nexus: Chap. J. L. & Pol'y 17 (2015).
- Legal After-Shocks on the Energy Seismograph: Judicial Prohibition of Recent State Regulation and Promotion of Power, 65 Env't L. Rep. 10523 (2015).
- California Challenges & Vulnerabilities of the New Business Model Design for Power, 6 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 1 (2015).
- Court Limitations on 'Cap and Trade' Regulation: Administrative Law Decisions Applicable to the Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, E.U.-ETS, and U.S. Regulation, 4 KLRI J. L. and Legis. 78 (2014).
- Resetting International Law Linkages: COP 20 Mechanisms and Protocols, 42 Derecho & Sociedad 79 (2014) (Peru).
- Carbon Outlasts the Law: States Walk the Constitutional Line, 41 B.C. Env't Aff. L. Rev. 309 (2014).
- The Double Helix of Supremacy and Commerce Clause Constitutional Restraints Encircling the New Energy Frontier, 7 Nw. Interdisc. L. Rev. 1 (2014).
- The Carbon Suite in the Hotel California: 'We are all Prisoners Here, of our Own Device', 23 S. Cal. Interdisc. L. J. 451 (2014).
- Pentagon Preemption: The 5-Sided Loss of Energy and Power, 2014 J. L. Tech. & Pol'y 393 (2014).
- The Fifth Dimension: Legal Infrastructure, Cracks, and Governance, 15 Minn. J. L. Sci. & Tech. 469 (2014).
- Solving the Multimillion Dollar Constitutional Puzzle Surrounding State 'Sustainable' Energy Policy, 49 Wake Forest L. Rev. 121 (2014).
- Constitutional Disputes in Multiple Dimensions: The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Sustainable Energy, 25 Fordham Env't L. Rev. 251 (2014).
- Courts Cap the 'Trade': Regulation of Competitive Markets When Courts Overturn State and Federal Cap-And-Trade Regulation, 117 W. Va. L. Rev. 681 (2014).
- Carbonite Legal Conflict in California, 5 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 95 (2014).
- Broken at Both Ends: The Need to Reconnect Energy and Environment, 65 Syracuse L. Rev. 53 (2014).
- State Wars - The Empire Strikes Back: The Federal/State Constitutional Power Confrontation, 65 Baylor L. Rev. 1 (2013).
- Corporate Energy Responsibility: International and Domestic Perspectives on Supply and Demand in the New Millenium, 25 Fordham Env't L. Rev. 84 (2013).
- Toxic "Plain Meaning" and "Moonshadow": Supreme Court Unanimity and Unexpected Consequences, 24 Vill. Env't L. J. 1 (2013).
- Administrative Restructuring and Renewable Energy: Best Legal Practices in Developing Economies, 3 KLRI J. L. and Legis. 401 (2013).
- Small-Scale Generation: Issues in Standardizing Power Purchase Agreements, Steven Ferrey and Alejandro Francisco Moreno, World Bank Group, Viewpoint Note No. 337, Small Scale Generation (2013).
- Alternative Energy in a Spaghetti Western: Clint Eastwood Confronts State Renewable Energy Policy, 32 Utah Env't L. Rev. 279 (2012).
- Follow the Money! Article I and Article VI Constitutional Barriers to Renewable Energy in the U.S. Future, 17 Va. J. L. and Tech. 89 (2012).
- Earth, Air, Water and Fire: The Classical Elements Confront Land and Energy, 27 J. Land Use & Env't L. 259 (2012).
- Changing Venue of International Governance and Finance: Exercising Legal Control Over the $100 Billion Per Year Climate Fund?, 30 Wis. Int'l L. J. 26 (2012).
- Virtual "Nets" and Law: Power Navigates the Supremacy Clause, 24 Geo. Int'l Env't L. Rev. 267 (2012).
- Efficiency in the Regulatory Crucible: Navigating 21st Century ‘Smart’ Technology and Power, 3 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Env't L. 1 (2012).
- Threading the Constitutional Needle with Care: The Commerce Clause Threat to the New Infrastructure of Renewable Power, 7 Tex. J. Oil, Gas, and Energy L. 59 (2012).
- A Comparison of Renewable Portfolio Standards and Feed-In Tariffs as Legislative Mechanisms to Provide Renewable Power Incentives: Impacts on Power Supply, Transmission, and Grid Intermittency, 1 KLRI J. L. and Legis. 93 (2011).
- The New Climate Metric: The Sustainable Corporation and Energy, 46 Wake Forest L. Rev. 383 (2011).
- International Alchemy within the Post-Copenhagen World: Transforming Critical Infrastructure across Two Hundred Divergent Economics, 34 Hastings Int’l & Compar. L. Rev. 303 (2011).
- Legal Barriers to Sub-National Governance Techniques by U.S. States for Renewable Energy Promotion and GHG Control, Legal Barriers to Sub-National Governance Techniques by U.S. States for Renewable Energy Promotion and GHG Control at the 2nd UNITAR'-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy (September 17-19, 2010).
- FIT in the USA, Public Utilities Fortnightly, June 2010, 60.
- The Ruggie United Nations Principles Framing International Indigenous Human Rights, 33 Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 409 (2010).
- Cubing the Kyoto Protocol: Post-Copenhagen Regulatory Reforms to Reset the Global Thermostat, 28 UCLA J. Env't L. and Pol'y 343 (2010).
- Fire and Ice: World Renewable Energy and Carbon Control Mechanisms Confront Constitutional Barriers, 20 Duke Env't L. & Pol'y Forum 125 (2010).
- The Failure of International Global Warming Regulation to Promote Needed Renewable Energy, 37 B.C. Env't Aff. L. Rev. 67 (2010).
- Restructuring a Green Grid: Legal Challenges to Accommodate New Renewable Energy Infrastructure, 39 Env't L. 977 (2009).
- Past Is Prologue: Recent Carbon Regulation Disputes in Europe Shape the U.S. Carbon Future, 16 Mo. Env't L. & Pol'y Rev. 650 (2009).
- When 1 + 1 No Longer Equals 2: The New Math of Legal "Additionality" Controlling World and U.S. Global Warming Regulation, 10 Minn. J. L. Sci. & Tech. 591 (2009).
- Gate Keeping Global Warming: The International Role of Environmental Assessments and Regulation in Controlling Choices for Future Power Development, 19 Fordham Env't L. Rev. 101 (2009).
- Carbon and the Constitution: State GHG Policies Confront Federal Roadblocks, Public Utilities Fortnightly, April 2009.
- Inverting the Law: Superfund Hazardous Waste Liability and Supreme Court Reversal of All Federal Courts, 33 Wm. & Mary Env't L. & Pol'y Rev. 633 (2009).
- The Superfund Cost Allocation Liability Conflicts Among the Federal Courts, 11 Vt. J. Env't L. 249 (2009).
- Auctioning the Building Blocks of Life: Carbon Auction, the Law, and Global Warming, 23 Notre Dame J. L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 317 (2009).
- Goblets of Fire: Potential Constitutional Impediments to the Regulation of Global Warming, 35 Ecology L. Q. 835 (2008).
- Corporate Responsibility and Carbon-Based Life Forms, 35 B.C. Env't Aff. L. Rev. 419 (2008).
- Power Paradox: The Algorithm of Carbon and International Development, 19 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 510 (2008).
- Why Electricity Matters, Developing Nations Matter, and Asia Matters Most of All, 15 NYU Env't L. J. 113 (2007).
- Converting Brownfield Environmental Negatives into Energy Positives, 34 B.C. Env't Aff. L. Rev. 417 (2007).
- Power Purchase Agreements for Small Power Producers, 7 ESMAP Knowledge Exchange Series (2006).
- Corporate Governance and Rational Energy Choices, 31 Wm. & Mary Env't L & Pol'y Rev. 113 (2006).
- Constitutional Barriers, 3 ABA Energy Committee Newsletter (2006).
- Renewable Orphans: Adopting Legal Renewable Standards at the State Level, 19 Electricity J. 52 (2006).
- Power Future,> 15 Duke Env't L. & Pol'y 261 (2005).
- Inverting Choice of Law in the Wired Universe: Thermodynamics, Mass, and Energy, 45 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1839 (2004).
- Soft Paths, Hard Choices: Environmental Lessons in the Aftermath of California's Electric Deregulation Debacle, 23 Va. Env't L. J. 251 (2004).
- Sustainable Energy, Environmental Policy, and States' Rights: Discerning the Energy Future Through the Eye of the Dormant Commerce Clause, 12 NYU Env't L. J. 507 (2004).
- Net Zero: Distributed Generation and FERC's MidAmerican Decision, 17 Electricity J. 33 (2004).
- Nothing but Net: Renewable Energy and the Environment, MidAmerican Legal Fictions, and Supremacy Doctrine, 14 Duke Env't L. & Pol'y Forum 1 (2003).
- The Eagles of Deregulation: The Role of the Courts in a Restructured Environment, 32 Env't L. 297 (2002).
- Exit Strategy: State Legal Discretion to Environmentally Sculpt the Deregulating Electric Environment, Harv. Env't L. Rev. 109 (2002).
- Defining Power: Electrons and the Law, 32 Env't L. Rep. 10038 (2002).
- Electricity, Contract Rules, and the Environment: Welcome to the Hotel California, 31 Env't L. Rep. 11475 (2001).
- No Exit: Shaping the New Electricity Market, 13 Electricity J. 30 (2000).
- Renewable Subsidies in the Age of Deregulation, Public Utilities Fortnightly, December 1997.
- The QF Cost Dilemma: PURPA Enforcement and Deregulation, 10 Electricity J. 62 (1997).
- In From the Cold: Energy Efficiency and the Reform of HUD's Utility Allowance System, 32 Harv. J. on Legis. 145 (1995).
- The New Wave: Superfund Allocation Strategies and Outcomes, 25 Env't Rep. 790 (1994).
- Allocation and Uncertainty in the Age of Superfund: A Critique of the Redistribution of CERCLA Liability, 3 NYU Env't L. J. 36 (1994).
- Shaping American Power: Federal Preemption and Technological Change, 11 Va. Env't L. J. 47 (1991).
- Hard Times, 10 Amicus J. 111 (1988).
- The Electric Wheel of Fortune, 10 Amicus J. 10 (1988).
- The Toxic Time Bomb: Municipal Liability for the Cleanup of Hazardous Waste, 57 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 197 (1988).
- Toxic Shell Game, 9 Amicus J. 7 (1987).
- Cold Power: Energy and Public Housing, 23 Harv. J. on Legis. 33 (1986).
- HUD Utility Allowance Program Spawns More Disputes with Public Housing Tenants, 19 Clearinghouse Rev. 737 (1985).
- Electric Power in America, 5 Amicus J. 4 (1984).
- The Frost Belt Tightens, 4 Amicus J. 38 (1983).
- The Third World's Wood Crisis, 3 Amicus J. 5 (1982).
- Urban Solutions, Amicus J. (1982).
- Solar Banking: Constructing New Solutions to the Urban Energy Crisis, 18 Harv. J. on Legis. 483 (1981).
- Eclipsing the Cities, J. AMER. PLANNING ASS'N (1979)
- Energy Needs of the Poor: A Saga of Ongoing Legislative Neglect and Local Abuse, 11 Clearinghouse Rev. 331 (1977).
- The Ghosts of Cold November: An Examination of HUD's Energy Conservation Policy for the Poor, 11 Clearinghouse Rev. 1 (1977).
Books
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (66th ed. 2026).
- Environmental Law, Energy, Climate, and Land Use: Examples & Explanations (10th ed. 2025).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (65th ed. 2025).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (64th ed. 2024).
- Powering the Future: A Lawyer's Guide to Clean Energy (2024).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (63rd ed. 2024).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (62nd ed. 2023).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (61st ed. 2023).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (60th ed. 2023).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations (9th ed. 2022).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (59th ed. 2022).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (58th ed. 2022).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (58th ed. 2022).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2021).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2020).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2019).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations (8th ed. 2019).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2018).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2017).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2016).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (7th ed. 2016).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2015).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (6th ed. 2013).
- The Law of Independent Power: Development, Cogeneration, Utility Regulation (2013).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (5th ed. 2010).
- Unlocking the Global Warming Toolbox: Key Choices for Carbon Restriction and Sequestration (2010).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (4th ed. 2007).
- Renewable Power in Developing Countries: Winning the War on Global Warming, (2005) (with Dr. Anil Cabraal).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (3rd ed. 2004).
- The New Rules: A Guide to Electric Market Regulation, (2001).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (2nd ed. 2001).
- Environmental Law: Examples & Explanations, (1997).
- Fostering Equity in Urban Conservation (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1982) (co-author).
Book Chapters
- Methane and Climate Change, in LEGAL PATHWAYS TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, (M. Gerrard & J. Dernbach eds., 2019) (with Romany M. Webb).
- The Green Climate Fund, International Governance, and Climate Justice in Developing Nations, in CLIMATE JUSTICE: CASE STUDIES IN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES (ELI Press, R. Abate ed., 2017).
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change, in CLIMATE CHANGE LAW (Edward Elgar Pub., D. Farber ed., 2016).
- Energy, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (Edward Elgar Pub., J. Sarnoff ed., 2016).
- Chapter on Intellectual Property Issues Affecting the Energy Sector, in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., J. Sarnoff ed., 2011)
- Chapter, in ENERGIZING THE FUTURE: SUSTAINABILITY, POLICY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Wake Forest Univ. Law School, S. Shapiro ed., 2010).
- Chapter in, K.K. DuVivier, ed.,, in THE RENEWABLE ENERGY READER (2012)
- Chapter on Revisions to the CDM Mechanism, in IMPROVING THE KYOTO CDM PROCESS (Berlin: Lexion Publishers, M. Mehling ed., 2012)
- Chapter, in SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (Kluwer Law International/Aspen, H.H. Lidgard, J. Atik and T. Nguyen eds., 2011)
- The Legal Dilemmas of the Kyoto Protocol for Carbon Control, in CLIMATE CHANGE: A READER (Carolina Academic Press, William H. Rodgers, Jr. et al. ed., 2011)
- Sale of Electricity, in THE LAW OF CLEAN ENERGY: EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLES (ABA Press, M. Gerrard ed., 2011)
- Debt and Equity Financing, in FINANCING RENEWABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES (U.S. State Dept. Agency for International Development, J. Hamrin ed., 2010)
- Legal Barriers to Sub-National Governance Techniques by U.S. States for Renewable Energy Promotion and GHG Control, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE U.N.I.T.A.R.- YALE CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (United Nations; Yale University, 2010)
- U.S. Carbon Regulation, in CLIMATE CHANGE: A GUIDE TO CARBON LAW AND PRACTICE (Global Law and Business, Paul Watchman ed., 2008)
- Renewable and Decentralized Energy Options: State Promotion in the U.S., in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Taylor & Francis, Barney L. Capehart ed., 2007)
- Net Metering, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Barney L. Capehart ed., 2007)
- Officer and Director Liability for Environmental Law Violations, in MINIMIZING LIABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT. (1998) (with Michael P. Last) (ALI-ABA Course of Study)
- Chapter, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CONSUMER MOVEMENT (Stephen Brobeck ed., 1997)
- Expert Opinion, in ELECTRIC DEREGULATION (1997)
- Chapter 6, in IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY I (Cambridge: MIT Press, Ronal Larson and Roland West eds., 1996)
- Chapter, in 18:1 PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW ANTHOLOGY (1995)
- Introduction, in VOL. 15 PART 1 PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW ANTHOLOGY (1993)
- The Successful Project: The Power Market, Economics and Tax Aspects, in HOT TOPICS IN GOVERNMENT REGULATION (Suffolk Univ. Law School Advanced Legal Studies, 1993)
- Chapter on Venture Capital, in VENTURE CAPITAL MANUAL: INVESTMENT STRATEGY MANAGEMENT (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, Steven Lee ed., 1990)
- Officer and Director Liability for Environmental Law Violations, in MINIMIZING LIABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (Philadelphia, Penn.: American Law Institute-American Bar Institute, 1989)
- Chapter, in WHAT WORKS: DOCUMENTING ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS (Washington, D.C.:American Council for Energy Efficient Economy, Jeffrey P. Harris and Carl Blumstein eds., 1984)
- Chapter, in DECENTRALIZED ENERGY (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1982)
- Chapter, in IMPACT OF ENERGY PROBLEMS ON REAL ESTATE (Washington, D.C.: Practising Law Institute, 1979)
Media
- Hot Topics in Government Regulation, Suffolk University Law School: Advanced Legal Studies (1993)
- Turning Power into a Brand Name, February 9, THE BOSTON GLOBE (1988)
- International Law & Business, National Business & Economic Society conference, San Juan, March 2019
- The Law of Future Capacity Markets, Harvard Law School & Duke Law School conference, Washington, D.C., February 2019
- The Role of Law and Competition in Driving Innovation, Texas A & M Law School conference, Fort Worth, Texas, December 2018
- Climate in the Age of Trump, San Diego Law School, Lesley K. McAllister Climate and Energy Law Symposium, San Diego, California, November 2018
Media
- Hot Topics in Government Regulation, Suffolk University Law School: Advanced Legal Studies (1993)
- Turning Power into a Brand Name, February 9, THE BOSTON GLOBE (1988)
- International Law & Business, National Business & Economic Society conference, San Juan, March 2019
- The Law of Future Capacity Markets, Harvard Law School & Duke Law School conference, Washington, D.C., February 2019
- The Role of Law and Competition in Driving Innovation, Texas A & M Law School conference, Fort Worth, Texas, December 2018
- Climate in the Age of Trump, San Diego Law School, Lesley K. McAllister Climate and Energy Law Symposium, San Diego, California, November 2018
Honors and Awards
- Steven Ferrey received Suffolk University’s first Faculty Award for University Scholarship, December 2018.
Professional Activities
Advisor on privatization and sector reform for the World Bank and foreign governments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; Presidentially Appointed Public Member, White House Domestic Policy Review, 1978-79; Advisor, U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; MA Governors Task Force on Hazardous Waste, State of MA
Bar Admittance
- CA
- MA
Contact Me
- 617-573-8103
- [email protected]
Office Hours
Courses Taught
- Contracts
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- International Climate Change Law
- Transactional Skills & Contract Drafting