tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post8328685303693342382..comments2009-09-17T22:43:47.668-07:00Jesse Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-10079341316893978802009-05-29T14:07:56.680-07:002009-05-29T14:07:56.680-07:00<A HREF="http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/05/power-politics-climate-bill-provides-big-loopholes-for-tennessee-valley-authority.html" REL="nofollow">According to Sue Sturgis at the Institute for Southern Studies' blog</A>, the RES exemptions are even worse than I've modeled here. She writes that the RES now exempts 50% of the Tennessee Valley Authority's system from the requirements. The TVA is one of the largest utilities in the country, serves huge regions of the Southeast (home to most of the states that don't already have their own state renewable electricity standards), and <A HREF="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?s=coal+slurry+disaster" REL="nofollow">the guys responsible for this</A>.Jesse Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.com