We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: WHY WE NEED FULL FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION REGULATION.
- Authors
Hensley, Max
- Abstract
State and federal governments have made significant investments in the development and installation of renewable energy technology. However, further increases in renewable power use have been stymied by the continued mismatch between the national interest in connecting consumers with utility-scale wind and solar installations and state and local control over the siting of electrical transmission lines. Because renewable power potential is open located far from consumers, transmission lines must cross multiple jurisdictions whose local interests have tended to prevent or significantly delay development. This Note analyzes that disconnect, reviews academic and legislative proposals to overcome it, and proposes a way for the federal government to preempt the states in order to streamline construction of the needed infrastructure while maintaining consideration of local concerns and advancing the overarching policy goal of shifting the electrical grid towards renewable power.
- Subjects
EXCLUSIVE &; concurrent legislative powers; GOVERNMENT regulation; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE energy industry securities; ELECTRIC lines; WIND power
- Publication
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 4, p1361
- ISSN
0033-1546
- Publication type
Article