Comments on: Beneath the Push for a National Grid, Eminent Domain Battle Brews

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:30:59 +0000

Decentralized generation would be much better in many ways. Property owners would not be eminent domained. Habitats and vistas would not be cut up by transmission systems. But unfortunately, the DG model does not fit in well with the corporate capitalist economic model.

By: Lesson from Cali Clean Power Veto: Transmission Still a Choke Point for Energy Goals

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:18:19 +0000

[...] regulators, energy regulators -– it’s just kind of a brawl.” And it touches the nerves of eminent domain and NIMBY-ism: Transmission lines may offer benefits to the country as a whole, but for the municipalities and [...]

By: tinyComb » Blog Archive » Obama’s First 100 Days……..Clean & Green.

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:20:29 +0000

[...] Jump Starting the Smart Grid – Programs created under the stimulus package jump-start what Obama calls a “nationwide transmission superhighway” with more than $4 billion specifically for smart grid tech. The newly appointed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman Jon Wellinghoff is a firm believer in the smart grid but is already dealing with utilities griping about the cap on stimulus spending as well as the pesky issue of eminent domain. [...]

By: 100 Days of Greener Policy « Green Dollars and Sense

100 Days of Greener Policy « Green Dollars and Sense — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:28:19 +0000

By: Obama’s 100 Days: The 10 Greenest Acts

Obama’s 100 Days: The 10 Greenest Acts — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:29:58 +0000

By: Reid, Pickens & Podesta to Obama: Make Way for a National Grid

Reid, Pickens & Podesta to Obama: Make Way for a National Grid — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:01:34 +0000

[...] Called Wired for Progress 2.0: Building a National Clean Energy Smart Grid, the paper comes as a follow up to work the group released last month. This time around, they’re laying out specific policies for interconnection-wide planning of transmission networks designed to deliver renewable energy from rural areas to population centers. Top of the list: consolidate the siting approval process into a single FERC proceeding, an undertaking laden with debates about states’ rights and emininent domain. [...]

By: House Dems Unveil Climate Plan: Carbon Cuts, National RPS and More $$$

House Dems Unveil Climate Plan: Carbon Cuts, National RPS and More $$$ — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:15:56 +0000

[...] we’ve noted before, this kind of federal standard could help grease the wheels for a national power grid. Since a national RPS was cut out of the 2007 Energy Bill, states have been picking up the [...]

By: National Smart Grid Juggernaut Rolls On: Reid to Unveil Energy Bill This Week « Earth2Tech

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:31:34 +0000

[...] Chair Jeff Bingaman. States that would get transmission lines but no energy (crossover states) have reason to worry about getting short shrift. Not so with Nevada — part of the reason Reid has championed the issue. He noted that his [...]

By: Obama Signs the Stimulus: What’s in Store for Clean Energy « Earth2Tech

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:20:08 +0000

[...] himself focused a fair chunk of his remarks at the signing ceremony today on the need for a “nationwide transmission superhighway“: Today, the electricity we use is carried along a grid of lines and wires that dates back to [...]

By: Pickens Plan Media Coverage 2.12.09 | Sustainability In Business

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 2.12.09 | Sustainability In Business — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:08:38 +0000

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