Interesting article from Chris at SolarReviews.com

[solar pete]

Howdy All,

Here is a link to an article by Chris the roving reporter from SolarReviews.com, its about a court decision in Colorado regarding the Colorado Renewable Energy Standard.

http://www.solarreviews.com/news/colorado_renewable_standard_deemed_constitutional_071415/

Cheers
Pete

[inetdog]

"dormant commerce clause" ?????

[solar pete]

"dormant commerce clause" ?????

hehehehe......gotta love your guys constitution, does anyone know what the dormant commerce clause means?

I'll take a wild guess, I reakon it might apply to a section of industry/commerce that does not change or have any new players enter over a period of time... that might suggest a monopoly or duopoly that I know you guys have anti-trust laws to guard against (that we dont and I think we should have)...., pure wild guess

[SunEagle]

hehehehe......gotta love your guys constitution, does anyone know what the dormant commerce clause means?

I'll take a wild guess, I reakon it might apply to a section of industry/commerce that does not change or have any new players enter over a period of time... that might suggest a monopoly or duopoly that I know you guys have anti-trust laws to guard against (that we dont and I think we should have)...., pure wild guess

I am not familiar with the "dormant commerce clause" either. After I Googled it, and while all legalize is confusing to me, I believe it is related to Interstate Commerce. Where one State can't upset the commerce of another State.

So the Coal industry in Colorado can't interfere with electrical generators in other states that send that power to Colorado.

I am also guessing.

[inetdog]

I am not familiar with the "dormant commerce clause" either. After I Googled it, and while all legalize is confusing to me, I believe it is related to Interstate Commerce. Where one State can't upset the commerce of another State.

So the Coal industry in Colorado can't interfere with electrical generators in other states that send that power to Colorado.

I am also guessing.

The Commerce Clause, granting the Federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce has been stretched, almost from the beginning, to allow the Feds to regulate actions that only tangentially, at best, affect interstate commerce. In some cases this is used to give the Congress jurisdiction over things that were not even imagined when the Constitution was written, must less enumerated as Federal matters. In other cases it is just a mighty stretch.

It is the "dormant" part that I have a problem with.

[DanKegel]

It is the "dormant" part that I have a problem with.

Yeah, sounds weird. But evidently it's jargon: http://nationalparalegal.edu/conLawC...erceClause.asp

[inetdog]

Yeah, sounds weird. But evidently it's jargon: http://nationalparalegal.edu/conLawC...erceClause.asp

Thanks!