Lisa Murkowski: “I assume the Senator from North Dakota is aware that some of the predominant wind areas are in my State of Alaska in the…”

“I assume the Senator from North Dakota is aware that some of the predominant wind areas are in my State of Alaska in the high Arctic. I suggest there is little enthusiasm for putting up windmills associated with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where there is lots of wind. We have inconsistencies in this. We expended $7 billion in renewables, and now we are talking about a mandate that is going to cost the consumers of this country a considerable amount of money. The problem I have with the bill is we have not had this kind of conversation, as the Senator knows, in the committee process. We are doing this on the floor, and that is difficult. The problem I have with this particular application of the chart is the inequity associated with what is good for the Southwest does not necessarily address what is good for the east coast or the South.”