In a potentially crushing strike against advocates for renewable energy mandates, a federal court ruling recently raised the issue of constitutionality of major provisions of many states? renewable energy mandates.
On June 7, 2013, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission?s (FERC) position against the state of Michigan (and other petitioners) in a disagreement over FERC?s proposal to distribute costs for new power lines to supply millions of megawatts of wind power in the Great Lakes area. Michigan believes that this plan would, in essence, require them to pay for expensive new power lines intended for transmitting renewable energy out of the state. Based on the law establishing Michigan?s 2008 Renewable Energy Standard, only renewable energy generated inside its state borders is qualified to fulfill Michigan?s obligation to utilize 10% of eligible renewable energy sources by 2015.
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On June 7, 2013, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission?s (FERC) position against the state of Michigan (and other petitioners) in a disagreement over FERC?s proposal to distribute costs for new power lines to supply millions of megawatts of wind power in the Great Lakes area. Michigan believes that this plan would, in essence, require them to pay for expensive new power lines intended for transmitting renewable energy out of the state. Based on the law establishing Michigan?s 2008 Renewable Energy Standard, only renewable energy generated inside its state borders is qualified to fulfill Michigan?s obligation to utilize 10% of eligible renewable energy sources by 2015.
https://foursquare.com/crownmaxrowford/list/constitutionality-of-renewable-energy-mandates
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