Lavelle, Marianne.

Power Grab. / Marianne Lavelle. - Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 78. Environment, 1522-3205; .

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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Electric lines.
Electric power transmission.
Eminent domain.
Energy policy.
Right of way.

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