Howard_T

Sen. Reid: Feds Should Trump State Regulations in Building National Smart Grid

OK, Senator Reid, I'll agree with your making the Federal Government the final authority in determining what is done with the power grid. There's one condition I would attache to my assent, however. That is, make the Federal Government the final decider is where to locate a nuclear waste storage facility. Gee, guess what! There's one being built right there in your state of Nevada, at Yucca Mountain. You've been accepting construction money from the government for years, while delaying putting the facility into operation. Harry, it's time to pay up. Open Yucca mountain, allow more nuclear power plants to come on line, and you can do whatever the hell you want with the power grid (except put a transmission line through my back yard). How about it, Harry?