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When new policies fail to create a new politics -- An institutional history of electricity politics and climate inaction -- Policy feedback : networked and influential advocates use the public to drive clean energy leadership in Texas -- A direct line to legislators and regulators : fossil fuel corporations and the limitations of Texas's renewable energy laws -- Retrenchment by a thousand cuts : fossil fuel opponents drive polarization on clean energy in Kansas -- Regulatory capture : electric utilities retrench Arizona's net metering laws -- When the fog of enactment lifts : late action brings rapid retrenchment of Ohio's renewable energy laws.

Short Circuiting Policy examines clean energy policies to understand why US states are not on track to meet the climate crisis. After two decades of leadership, American states are slipping in their commitment to transition away from dirty fossil fuels toward cleaner energy sources, including wind and solar. The author argues that organized combat between advocate and opponent interest groups is central to explaining why US states have stopped expanding and even started weakening their renewable energy policies. Fossil fuel companies and electric utilities played a key role in spreading climate denial.