A project of the Pace Center for Environmental Legal Studies

The Energy Project is an integral part of Pace Law School ’s top-ranked environmental law program. The Project is counted among the major public interest leaders of energy conservation and renewable energy advocacy and is among a small group who regularly meet to advise on the energy issue agenda for environmental NGOs nationally. 

The Pace Energy Project operates out of the research arm of the law school ’s environmental program, the Center for Environmental Legal Studies. The Center is co chaired by Dean Emeritus Professor Richard Ottinger and Kerlin Professor Nicholas Robinson. The Energy Project was founded in 1987 by Dean Ottinger who is its Faculty supervisor. It is now directed by Adjunct Professor Fred Zalcman.

The project works at the nexus of environmental law, energy law and economic policy. We use research, education and advocacy to promote sustainable energy as a means of reducing the global burden of pollution from electrical energy production. We serve the national and international environmental community, using restructured electricity markets in the Northeast as our laboratory for policy innovation.

Richard L. Ottinger
Dean Emeritus of the Law School
Faculty Supervisor

Fred Zalcman
Executive Director