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Fossil fuel industries move to block renewable energy sources

Fossil Fuel Producers Ramps Up Fight Against Alternative Energy Sources  by: Oilprice.com March 04, 2010
A fight brewing over the allocation of costs for transmission lines to connect wind and solar power plants to end users is the latest sign that fossil-fuel electricity producers are stepping up the fight against renewable energy sources.

A coalition of 10 big utilities this week announced it would oppose provisions in Senate bill 1462 that gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to broadly allocate costs for long-distance transmission lines linking power sources to power users………..As wind and other forms of renewable energy become a bigger factor in the nation’s electricity markets, traditional producers are fighting back against what they claim are unfair advantages.

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March 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable | renewable energy, renewables, solar