High-voltage Lines Wouldn’t Need State Action Under Senate Plan
Content Keyword RSS | March 10, 2009
U.S. regulators would take from states the authority to approve certain high-voltage power lines in order to speed development of renewable energy, under draft legislation released by a Senate panel today. The proposal by the Democratic staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, posted online, would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to approve lines that would carry electricity such as wind and solar energy. President Barack Obama has called for the U.S. to
