Ivonne Norman

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Ivonne is the Legal Network Manager at the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI) of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

Ohio’s Clean Energy Siting Conundrum: Local Government Opposition, Serving the Public Interest, and the Appeal that Might Solve the Puzzle

Clean energy siting across the nation is facing enormous challenges. Local opposition is widespread and rapidly increasing in many areas. One example is Ohio, where government opposition is a byproduct of state legislation and also the result of coordinated campaigns spreading mis- and dis-information about the impacts of renewable energy […]

The Transmission, Distribution, and Interconnection Crises Blocking New York’s Climate Goals

At a July 10, 2025 meeting, Commissioner Judy Chang of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) argued that the United States needs to rapidly build more transmission capacity to bring new sources of electricity online. She explained that “transmission is the network that needs to support both generation and load, […]