American Experiment has submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to its request for information about “State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Significant Adverse Effects on Interstate Commerce.”
Center of the American Experiment has identified several energy policies within the state of Minnesota that produce extraterritorial effects, market fragmentation, and legal uncertainty that raise costs and distort interstate markets:
- Minnesota’s 2040 carbon-free electricity requirement and the practical effects it imposes on neighboring states that sell electricity into MISO;
- Minnesota’s statutory moratorium on issuing certificates of need for new nuclear plants;
- Minnesota’s adoption of California’s vehicle emissions standards;
- Minnesota’s state-level climate litigation.
The DOJ should consider the legal implications of these policies and their burdens on the economy and interstate commerce.
Read the full comment below.