Reid's Green Transmission Bill Includes Eminent Domain For Siting New Projects

摘要

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on March 5 introduced a bill (S. 539) to build "a cleaner, greener national transmission system" by expanding federal authority and authorizing the use of eminent domain.rnReid said "an electric superhighway" must be a top national priority.rnHe acknowledged that "it will not be easy and will require everyone to work together with common purposernand through a strong public-private partnership to be effective."rnReid said his bill, the Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act, will promote investments in transmission to increase access to renewable power, while also establishing a streamlined planning and siting process for transmission lines.