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Is this a bad time to warn of blackouts?

By Chris Horner on 10.31.10 @ 5:42PM

So. According to the National Electric Reliability Council, affirming independent consultant reports to the same effect, Obama’s EPA has constructed a framework of proposals designed to force us into an energy constrained world that — shock — also happen to place our electricity system’s reliability in great peril and could cause the lights to go out for many of you.

I told you so.

But it’s not like that would be a problem or anything. Still. If you were looking for reasons to have some effective check on the anticipated executive branch onslaught…

About the Author

Chris Horner is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

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