The Fifth Dimension: Legal Infrastructure, Cracks, and Governance
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology
Abstract
Nonetheless, for my purposes here, the Five Dimensions are:
· The First Dimension: Basic state governance powers on power; the Supremacy Clause affecting feed-in tariffs and net metering;
· The Second Dimension: Do power unto others…; The formant Commerce Clause applied to renewable portfolio standards and state benefit charges;
· The Third Dimension: The First and Second Dimensions combined on energy;
· The Fourth Dimension: State power regarding transmission rights of first refusal; and
· The Fifth Dimension: Beyond power to climate issues.
The next sections of this Article take us into the Five Dimensions of U.S. Federal and state sustainable energy policy and through the legal cracks in its infrastructure and governance.
First Page
469
Last Page
503
Publication Date
Winter 2014
Recommended Citation
Steven Ferrey, The Fifth Dimension: Legal Infrastructure, Cracks, and Governance, 15 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 469 (2014).
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