DOE proceeds with Clean Line?!?!?!
March 28th, 2016
Here’s their press release:
And here is the full “Record of Decision” of DOE:
There’s a lot to read here, and I’m just starting. The primary question I have is what exactly it means that the DOE will “participate” and what that decision confers on the project proponents. Much of that is in the “Participation Agreement” of which there were drafts, this is the “Executed Version” that has conditions that CLEP must meet. Section 1222 is a financing provision, and having worked on a couple of projects that are USDA RUS funded, how do they get from financial wheeler-dealering to the idea that DOE participation could circumvent state jurisdiction and powers?
The entire Arkansas delegation has come out strongly against it, slamming the DOE decision. Now how about they introduce a bill to repeal Section 1222? That ought to take care of it!