KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON: EXAMINING AND REIMAGINING NLRA PREEMPTION IN A TIME OF ELECTRIC NECESSITY.

The article focuses on the application of the preemption doctrine of the National Labor Relations Act to electric utilities in the U.S. Topics discussed include the power of public utility commissions or state agencies to regulate electric utilities and protect citizens, the impact of the state agencies' actions on collective bargaining between labor and management, and the authority of state utility regulators to take part in labor disputes such as strikes or lockouts at electric utilities.