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7/24/18  10:10 am
Commenter: Walter Moore

Pipeline/solar power/wind power
 

The plan must include pipelines, solar power, and wind power.  For pipelines it must include comments on what can and cannot be done:  property cannot be taken by eminent domain, environmental detail studies (air, water, land, habitats, animal, humane, etc) must be done  before approval, violations must result in stop work orders and penalities, health and noise effect must be determined, all effects must be part of a cost benefit benefit study, violation costs cannot be passed on to consumers, impact on people of color and poor must be identified, public parks and state land must re a special permit to be used, local jurisdictions must not be subservient to state and federal power, benefit to state and local governments and residents must be identified long term and short term (beyond construction), etc.  Solar and Wind power must be a part of the plan.  Local, State, Private, and Residential options must be incouraged to compete with current state players by tax incentives, hock ups to utility companies at costs, buy backs of power at costs, and positive regulations.  I can set a local wind farm at reduced rates such that they could not make enough electricity for demand that would change the percentage of power generate by alternative sources and supply all local government needs.

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