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Obama memo sets deadlines for transmission ‘corridors’
Hannah Northey, E&E reporter • • Posted 2013-06-11 11:52:32
The White House last week set firm deadlines for fast-tracking the construction of new power lines needed to thwart cyberattacks and meet President Obama’s goal of doubling renewable electricity generation by 2020. Obama sent a memo Friday to the secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy and the Interior that laid out a timeline for ensuring existing “corridors” on federal land are being used to push through new power lines. [ read more … ]
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