Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"I appreciate that this is a very tricky balance."

"I guess I am hearing a fairly consistent message from folks that there really is no logical reason for not having uniform interconnection standards across the country."

"I think this hearing should be enlightening and help us to understand what additional steps we can take to facilitate energy production from all sources."

"Hopefully now with a greater appreciation of distributed generation and the urgent need to bring clean energy alternatives online, we will be able to incorporate the policies we need in the comprehens..."