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On the recordMarch 2, 2010
Would it not be wiser to establish zones or areas and say these are appropriate places, rather than just let entrepreneurs who might be attracted by a 3 cent per kilowatt hour Federal subsidy to come in and build a big turbine and then sell the tax credit off to some banker in New York or Chicago who then subdivides it like a real estate loan and sells it around the world?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander suggests zoning for renewable energy projects instead of allowing unrestricted development.

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