Santa Clara, California, community center, commercial solar demonstration, legal alternatives, implications, and financing of solar heating and cooling by a municipal corporation

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7121732

White, S S; Owen, T S; Ryan, R A; Scott, T A; Lucey, S F; Jones, K I; Assaf, P D

The legal issues confronting municipal corporations who propose to provide for solar energy utilization within their jurisdictions are many. Generally, however, such issues may be resolved in favor of most proposed forms of utilization based upon traditional legal principles. Threshold issues confronting any municipal utilization relate to the impact purpose. Previous judicial decisions indicate that an action by a private utility against a municipal corporation based upon impairment of contract, taking of property without compensation, unfair competition or antitrust violation would not be successful. As to public purpose, the expanding nature of the traditional concept should overcome any objection as to propriety of public funds expenditure for solar utilization. (WDM)

• Research Organization: Santa Clara, City of, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7121732
• Report Number(s): SAN-1083-76/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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