Miller v. Arizona Corporation Commissionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

According to the Arizona state Constitution, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has the full power to, “prescribe just and reasonable classifications to be used and just and reasonable rates and charges to be made and collected, by public service corporations within the state for service rendered therein, and make reasonable rules, regulations, and orders, by which such corporations shall be governed in the transaction of business within the state…” In a controversial move, the ACC adopted a new policy known as the Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST). REST required public utilities in Arizona to run a certain amount of their power from renewable energy sources. The move brought into question whether the ACC had constitutional authority to impose such a requirement on utilities. The Goldwater Institute filed suit arguing that the ACC had expanded its powers beyond its constitutional jurisdiction. According to the director of the Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center For Constitutional Litigation, Clint Bolick, “The rules are an unconstitutional power grab by an agency that is rapidly becoming Arizona’s fourth branch of government.” The Arizona Public Service (APS) utility estimated that for the fiscal year of 2008, the cost of the new renewable energy standards would cost $48.2 million. By 2012, the APS estimated the costs would reach $347 million. But Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, issued an opinion saying that they were within their constitutional jurisdiction to set a renewable energy standard.