The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in their own communities. The siting decisions and the permitting is done at the local level, or by state governments if it's interstate in nature. And federal government - this is one area we have no authority.

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.

The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.

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