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RPS, as viewed from the states of the Old Confederacy
Their reasons aren't all that unreasonable |
Sean Casten |
27 Jun 2007 |
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| Yesterday, I spoke to a group of manufacturers in Arkansas. Throughout the conference there was a fair amount of pride in the successful squashing of Bingaman's RPS bill -- and for reasons that are not entirely unreasonable. Among the speakers was the chair of the Arkansas Energy Commission, who said that he personally objected to the bill because it was unfair. Specifically, it would not allow Arkansas to count their existing hydro-electric capacity in the RPS target ... |
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| Topics: Arkansas, Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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