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Federal Preemption And Clean Energy Floors, Jim Rossi, Thomas Hutton
Federal Preemption And Clean Energy Floors, Jim Rossi, Thomas Hutton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Federal policies regarding renewable and clean energy often lack clear definition, are incomplete, and are scattered across multiple statutes and agencies. Yet at the same time, recent decisions of both federal agencies and courts have attributed a preemptive effect to federal statutes that threatens to hobble innovation in renewable and clean energy policy by subnational regulators. One consequence of this approach is that most significant policies promoting clean and renewable energy are channeled toward subsidies from the federal fisc, rather than diverse policies undertaken independently by state governments or regional customers and suppliers. This Article argues that, contrary to many …