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RI Govenor Carcieri backs special law for energy developer to bypass permit agency
Governor Carcieri went before a Senate committee on Wednesday to urge passage of first-of-a-kind legislation that would allow a private energy company to bypass a key regulatory board in a quest to build a wind farm in waters off Block Island. ...Speaking at a candidates debate at a state business forum in the morning, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, a Democrat, said that allowing one company to avoid the PUC would set a bad precedent.
May 6, 2010
by Alex Kuffner
in Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE - Governor Carcieri went before a Senate committee on Wednesday to urge passage of first-of-a-kind legislation that would allow a private energy company to bypass a key regulatory board in a quest to build a wind farm in waters off Block Island.
Carcieri gave "unqualified support" to a bill that would clear the way for developer Deepwater Wind to enter into a power-purchase agreement with National Grid, the state's main electricity utility, which could go into effect without approval from the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. The governor told the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture that the special treatment... [continue via Web link]
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