Power Grab. / Marianne Lavelle.
by Lavelle, Marianne; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 78Environment. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Electric lines | Electric power transmission | Eminent domain | Energy policy | Right of wayDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The energy industry plans only a 4 percent increase in power line capacity over the next decade, while U.S. electricity use may increase as much as 25 percent. Why the reluctance to build? High-voltage lines are perhaps the ultimate not-in-my-backyard issue." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The author highlights the opposition towards President George W. Bush's national energy plan, which calls for the federal government to use its "eminent-domain power to seize land and homes for the high-voltage right of ways.".
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Power Grab, Aug. 6, 2001; pp. 28-30.
"The energy industry plans only a 4 percent increase in power line capacity over the next decade, while U.S. electricity use may increase as much as 25 percent. Why the reluctance to build? High-voltage lines are perhaps the ultimate not-in-my-backyard issue." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The author highlights the opposition towards President George W. Bush's national energy plan, which calls for the federal government to use its "eminent-domain power to seize land and homes for the high-voltage right of ways.".
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