All Posts Tagged With: "energy corridors"
Like Herding Cats! — Federal Agencies and Obama Administration Attempt to Streamline Grid Siting Requirements for Renewable Projects
Many proposed renewable energy and transmission projects have been delayed by the bureaucracy of authorization within multiple federal agencies, leaving in doubt the ability to reach to goal of doubling clean power generation by 2012.
11Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWestern States To Lose Control Over Transmission Siting?
Newly added provisions to the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, next slated to be voted on by the U.S. Senate, give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission final say over the siting of electric transmission lines in Western states including Colorado —but not in any other part of the country.
14Jul2009 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedLawsuit Challenges Energy Corridors Plan
The lawsuit contends the designation of the corridors ignored any alternatives that may favor the development of renewable energy and accordingly align with and “perpetuate the use of coal-fired plants throughout the West.” As a result, the corridors “leave stranded and underserved” many areas with renewable energy resources.
9Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued