The playing field has changed since 1978, and that is what this is aimed at and it is aimed at trying to pick up some of the realities that are out there in the marketplace today.

What this bill does is it brings need into the equation, and its need to be determined by the state public utility regulators.

PURPA was enacted by Congress in 1978, and it was designed to increase our energy independence at a time when we were in a real energy crisis.

the goal post gets changed, and we are seeing that. We see it over and over and over again, and it is incredibly frustrating for people trying to do business.

I thank my colleagues for those kind words. I think ``tenacity'' is probably an appropriate description. I would like to have had a little more tenaciousness if it would have resulted in better and stronger language than we have…

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In today's world with the technology we have it would seem to me that that would not be that difficult to do.

I do not think I need to tell you, but there is a lot of frustration out there that it is not moving as fast as we would like.

I appreciate your efforts in that regard.

There's a lot of us who are convinced that that's going to be the next big one that hits the country.