Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Chu Urges Congress to Look to Nuclear Power Energy secretary says Congress should consider nuclear power in clean energy mandate

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Chu Urges Congress to Look to Nuclear Power Energy secretary says Congress should consider nuclear power in clean energy mandate

The Obama administration's energy chief asked Congress on Tuesday to consider nuclear power and other nonrenewable sources in a mandate for utilities to use more clean energy, which could attract Republicans who have opposed focusing exclusively on renewable energy like wind.
Efforts to pass the "renewable electricity standard" requirement have stalled in Congress, in part because of regional resistance. Opponents in the Southeast, for example, argue that their region lacks renewable sources such as abundant levels of wind.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu said his call was an acknowledgment of those differences.
"There's all sorts of other forms of clean energy," Chu told reporters. "Some states would favor something in terms of clean energy like nuclear." More at:
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