February 26, 2016

SCOTUS Hears Third Energy Policy Case: Federalism vs. States’ Rights

Electric Light & Power
Stephen J. Humes

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments this week in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, et al., the third federal energy policy case to be decided this term, a rare trio of cases in which the balance of power between the federal government and states’ rights in electric and natural gas policy and regulation is being decided for the modern era.

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