US senators probe Salazar offshore wind lease decison

Two US senators are calling on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to explain his department’s “economic reasoning” in awarding a commercial offshore wind energy lease to a unit of NRG Energy, while continuing to ban oil and gas activity on the Atlantic outer continental shelf.

“Our nation’s energy policy must make economic sense for taxpayers and not be manipulated to favor one energy source over another,” says Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican.

“I hope we find that the administration’s decisions aren't driven by politics but instead are geared toward developing the kind of low-cost, reliable energy we need to help our private sector grow and add good-paying jobs,” he adds.

In a 9 November letter to Salazar, Alexander and Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana are seeking more information about the lease to compare it with the value Log in to read complete article.

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