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New rules could boost region's renewable power
A federal order issued last fall is intended to make it easier to construct transmission lines, costly and controversial projects that are notoriously tough to build.
January 23, 2012
by Jay Lindsay
in The Associated Press
A federal order issued last fall is intended to make it easier to construct transmission lines, costly and controversial projects that are notoriously tough to build.
More wires are badly needed in New England to connect customers to the region's often remote sources of renewable power, which is needed because all six states have committed to using increasing amounts of renewable energy.
To date, the grid managers who plan transmission projects have focused almost exclusively on "reliability" - whether such projects would help keep power flowing when demand is high, such as on a stifling summer... [continue via Web link]
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