Utility Financing of Energy Conservation: Can Loans Only Be Made through an Investor-Owned Utility?

Authors

Roger D. Colton, Community Action Research Group, Inc. (Ames, Iowa)Follow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Historical Development of Credit Restrictions

III. The Constitutional Analysis ... A. Does a Conservation Financing Program Involve the Public "Credit" ... B. Does a Conservation Financing Program Involve the Credit "of the State"? ... 1. The Private Sector ... 2. Political Subdivisions ... 3. Public Corporations ... 4. Analysis ... C. Does a Conservation Financing Program Involve a Gift or Loan of Credit?

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Roger D. Colton, Utility Financing of Energy Conservation: Can Loans Only Be Made through an Investor-Owned Utility?, 64 Neb. L. Rev. (1985)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol64/iss2/2