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Lamar Alexander: “Would it not be wiser to establish zones or areas and say these are appropriate places, rather than just let…”

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

Editor's note · Context

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

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