Wayne State University

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Brandon Hofmeister

Assistant Professor of Law
Office: Room 3259
Telephone: (313) 577-3961
E-mail: bhofmeister@wayne.edu
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Biography

Assistant Professor Brandon Hofmeister teaches Energy Law, Civil Procedure and The Regulatory State. He most recently served as special counsel for energy and climate policy in the office of Governor Jennifer Granholm. In that capacity, he was the governor’s primary adviser on energy and climate issues, and a member of her nine-person executive team. During that same period, he was a Chevening fellow (University of Edinburgh), working alongside energy policy decision-makers from countries around the world. Earlier, he was deputy legal counsel to Governor Granholm, and a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Harvard College.


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Publications

"Bridging the Gap: Using Social Psychology to Design Market Interventions to Overcome the Energy Efficiency Gap in Residential Energy Markets," 19 Southeastern Environmental Law Journal 1 (2010).


Accomplishments
  • July 27, 2011
    Brandon Hofmeister's paper, "Bridging the Gap: Using Social Psychology to Design Market Interventions to Overcome the Energy Efficiency Gap in Residential Energy Markets," was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for the Energy Law and Policy eJournal, the Behavioral Economics eJournal, ERN: Capital; Investment; Capacity (Topic), Environmental Economics eJournal and Macroeconomics: Production and Investment eJournal.

  • February 16, 2011
    Brandon Hofmeister gave remarks on the importance of energy efficiency mandates at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 15. He also addressed attendees at the annual Michigan Energy Forum on Jan. 28 in East Lansing. There, he discussed the role of energy efficiency in economic development and the role regulatory policy could play in overcoming cognitive and market barriers to cost-justified energy efficiency upgrades.