JOCKEYING BEGINS OVER CLIMATE CHANGE BILL;NARUC WANTS SENATE TO PREVENT'WINDFALL PROFITS'TO CERTAIN GENERATION OWNERS IN THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF EMISSIONS ALLOWANCES;SENATOR BOXER SAYS ENACTING THE BILL WON'T COST THE GOVERNMENT ANYTHING,BUT SENAT

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Various constituencies are beginning to reveal their cards regarding positions they will take on the proposed leading climate change bill,S.2191,America's Climate Security Act of 2007.First,the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners(NARUC)sent a letter on 4/21/08 to Sens.Joseph Lieberman(ID-Conn.),JohnWarner(R-Va.),James Inhofe(R-Okla.),and Barbara Boxer(D-Calif.),urging the Senate to improve the proposed legislation so that"end-use electricity customers are not unduly burdened."