Smart Grid Policy: Could Utilities Face Climate Legislation?

Just as utilities are beginning to get a handle on the new EPA rules and the impacts of ultra-cheap natural gas, proposed new legislation could add more uncertainty. Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has suggested a nationwide clean electricity standard. The result could put much of the burden of reducing greenhouse gases onto the shoulders of electric power utilities.

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