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News iN brief, our energy sources and resources to Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
Continued from page 12 come evaluate this on our own,” said President Randy Zook said it doesn’t
the suspension of the restart provisions, Colette Honorable, chairman of the matter how it’s done, because he
but it did include language that would Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology believes business at all levels will be
prevent the agency from moving for- Commission. hurt by rising utility prices.
ward with its rule to increase the mini- According to the U.S. Energy “Any dramatic increase in any
mum about of liability insurance motor Information Administration, Arkansas cost within most businesses can be
carriers are required to have. is among the top third of the nation’s constraining or disruptive. It will have
consumers of electricity on a per- an impact across a wide swath of the
THe naTUraL sTaTe geTs customer basis. Food manufacturing, economy,” Zook said.
cLoser To naTUre an important source of jobs, and other Zook said he didn’t see the benefit
In early June, President Barack industries require large amounts of of reducing emissions.
Obama announced an initiative to power, as does agriculture. American Electric Power spokes-
reduce the nation’s climate-warming Obama’s plan has been well- woman Tammy Ridout said it will take
emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Each received by the state’s environmental years to develop the regulations, and the
state was asked to develop its own plan groups but businesses and utilities fore- company, which provides electricity in
for reaching its goal — a cut of nearly 45 see problems on the horizon if the U.S. western Arkansas, will spend that inter-
percent for Arkansas, which gets about Environmental Protection Agency puts val working to protect its customers’
half of its electricity from coal-fired the regulations in place. interests.
power plants and the rest from a mix of “Anything we can do to reduce Ridout said it remains unclear
natural gas, nuclear and hydroelectric. carbon emissions and slow the pretty whether the government will award
“If not, the federal govern- steep arc we’ve seen in climate change credits for reduced emissions already
ment will (develop the standards). would be a positive first step,” said Brett achieved by utilities. She said AEP has
It’s important for the stakeholders in Kincaid, vice president and executive cut carbon emissions by 21 percent
this state who are most familiar with director of Audubon Arkansas. since 2005.
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