Officials vow support for renewables in West
Cabinet members of the Obama administration vowed Monday to help Western states develop a robust system for delivering renewable power.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the West has vast untapped potential for harnessing wind, the sun and geothermal energy to create electricity.
But “it doesn’t do any good to generate energy if you can’t get it to market,” Salazar said Monday during the annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association.
That’s long been the concern of Western governors eager to develop renewable energy projects but frustrated by limitations in the transmission system and sluggish bureaucracies.
Salazar and other members of the administration vowed to make renewable energy a priority and find ways to streamline permitting. Read more:
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