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Noteworthy
"People didn't like interstate highways in their backyard. But it was done for the sake of national security, and I would say even more so we will need a transmission distribution system for our national security."
-- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, asked about people objecting to high-voltage power lines being built near their homes as part of a smart grid, June 25, 2009.
“… America needs significant and sensible reforms to the existing, often dysfunctional, processes for planning, siting, and allocating the cost of the high voltage electric transmission system.”
--Letter from WIRES to Carol Browner, Assistant to the President For Energy and Climate Change, April 17, 2009
"We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together."
-- President Barack Obama, in his Inaugural Address, January. 20, 2009
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