Shelby Green

Jan 13, 2025 | law.com | Shelby Green

Rule 1.1 of the professional rules is about the duty of competence. Lawyers are required to have the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation. In this ever-changing physical and legal world, to fulfill these duties, lawyers must develop new tools or at least sharpen that most essential of all tools—the capacity to learn new things and craft creative and effective ways to navigate through the complexity.

Aug 13, 2024 | energyandpolicy.org | Shelby Green |Jonathan Kim

After a nearly four-year effort, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) was just days away last November from requiring all investor-owned utilities serving more than 2,000 customers to publicly disclose the number of customers they were disconnecting for non-payment by zip code last year.

Aug 13, 2024 | energyandpolicy.org | Shelby Green

Commissioner Kayla Hahn, Chair of the Missouri PSC, asked her former boss, Governor Mike Parson, to deny a proposed rule four years in the making because it required utilities to...

Jun 19, 2024 | shelbytlh.substack.com | Shelby Green

Hi, everyone!I hope you’re all doing well and have a chance to enjoy this beautiful Juneteenth. For those who don’t know, June 19th, or Juneteenth, is America’s second Independence Day. It is the day when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free — 2½ years after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although not all slaves were freed on Juneteenth, June 19th is the national holiday that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War.

Feb 5, 2024 | tallahassee.com | Shelby Green

Have you ever come home from a day of work to find the power out? You flick the light switch, but nothing turns on. You peek outside, see your neighbors have power, then start to wonder, “did I pay my utilities bill?”This happened to a Tallahassee woman recently, as reported by the Tallahassee Democrat. After a day out, she returned home to spoiled goods and a dark house. She paid her utility bill, but unknowingly left a balance of 8 cents, triggering a disconnection.