I am in Connecticut. After the fake blackout, this Cross Sound Electric Cable from CT to Long Island was ordered turned back on as an "emergency measure." Now, it seems, we can't turn it back off again if we wanted to, despite the fact that it isn't buried deep enough, leaks insulation chemicals into the sound and generally fails to meet approved specs.
But Gov Rowland is a gooooood friend of Kenny Boy Lay and another certain creep in Washington who shall remain nameless lest I lose my lunch..
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Energy Bill Sanctions Sound Cable
November 18, 2003
By STEVE GRANT, Courant Staff Writer
Tucked away on Page 42 of the massive new energy bill that emerged from a congressional conference committee this weekend are five lines of text that seem like so much innocuous bureaucratic busywork:
"Continuation of Transmission Security Order. Department of Energy No. 202-03-2, issued by the Secretary of Energy on August 28, 2003, shall remain in effect unless rescinded by Federal statute."
But this unheralded nugget touched off an uproar in Connecticut Monday when it was discovered it would effectively mandate permanent use of the controversial Cross Sound Cable between Connecticut and Long Island.
Under the provision, it would take an act of Congress to turn the cable off."
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http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-crosssound.artnov18,1,3372708.story?coll=hc-headlines-topnews