By EMERY P. DALESIO
Associated Press
September 21, 2009
North Carolina officials say federal energy regulators should deny Alcoa Inc.'s bid to keep operating some dams because the company's profit motive could conflict with managing droughts and attracting jobs.
The state's arguments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The state is fighting a new federal license allowing Alcoa to generate and sell electricity from the Yadkin River dams for up to another 50 years.
State officials say delivering river water to residents during a drought could be delayed if the company gets another power license for the dams.
An Alcoa spokesman says the arguments are part of the state's campaign to take away an asset worth millions of dollars.
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