Electricity Restructuring and the Constitutionality of Retail Reciprocity Requirements
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Retail reciprocity requirements have been included in the electricity restructuring legislation of at least four states. These requirements mandate generally that out-of-state utilities which operate in a state “closed” to retail competition cannot market power to retail consumers in the “open” state. Because state reciprocity requirements enacted without congressional authorization are probably unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Congress would have to include …
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Date:
March 9, 2000
Creator:
Shimabukuro, Jon O.
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