Texas Blocks Chinese Solar Grid Access

Podcast: Swear on the Stand · Daniel W. Swear

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

In GH America Energy, L.L.C. v. Fohn, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed whether the federal Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regime preempts the Texas Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act (LSIPA). GH America Energy, a subsidiary of a Chinese company, argued that LSIPA—which bans certain foreign-owned entities from accessing critical infrastructure like the Texas electric grid—was an unconstitutional intrusion into a field reserved for federal oversight. The court affirmed the district court's dismissal, holding that neither conflict preemption nor field preemption applies because CFIUS targets a narr...