6 in D.C. question electrical line plan6 in D.C. question electrical line plan
Washington, DC,
December 11, 2015
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By Frank Lockwood
Arkansas Online
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Energy
WASHINGTON -- All six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation met Thursday morning with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and expressed concerns about plans for a high-power energy line that would cut across Arkansas.
All six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation met Thursday morning with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and expressed concerns about plans for a high-power energy line that would cut across Arkansas. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line would ship wind-generated power, primarily from the Oklahoma panhandle to Tennessee and other southeastern states. It is one of five that Clean Line Energy Partners wants to build in areas with higher-than-average wind. U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton have blocked two presidential appointments for Energy Department posts, after saying that the department had failed to answer questions about Clean Line's federal application.... |
